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Did you Sign up for the “Kitchen-table” Type Conversations?
In an invitation to all 2014 ALA Midwinter Meeting attendees, ALA President Barbara K. Stripling encouraged everyone to participate in the kitchen-table type conversations designed to be a step toward making ALA an innovation space where members and staff can collaborate and create together.
“As the Board considers future directions for ALA in a time of significant change, your voice is very important,” wrote Stripling. “I urge you to participate so we can hear your voice as we consider the best ways for ALA to work with and on behalf of members now and in the future.”
Picking up where the first kitchen-table type conversations left off at 2013 Annual Conference, these Midwinter Meeting conversations in groups of up to 16 will dig more deeply into what the participants want ALA to be as their professional community. Four 90 — minute conversations with up to 16 participants are planned each day, from Saturday January 25 through Monday, January 27: 8:30 - 10:00 a.m., 10:30 - 12:00 p.m., 1:00 - 2:30 p.m., 3:00 - 4:30 p.m., at the Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 305 (PCC-305). You can register in advance by emailing Mary Ghikas (mghikas@ala.org) with your first and second choices of day and time. Spaces are being filled on a first-come basis.
ALA members experienced in facilitating conversations will facilitate and record the conversations, and notes will be posted to the community in ALA Connect. As we hold future conversations, including at 2014 ALA Annual Conference, we will continue to build a rich base of public knowledge about the aspirations and concerns of our community. (Results from the June 2013 conversations are in ALA Connect, and feedback was shared with the ALA Executive Board and division leaders).
This is one of several ways that attendees are encouraged to ask questions, explore options, make recommendations, examine ideas, and reflect on the implications with colleagues at the 2014 ALA Midwinter Meeting. Other opportunities include the Unconference on Friday and Library Camp on Monday afternoon, the facilitated conversation on Saturday afternoon, participation in discussion groups throughout the meeting, and using the Networking Uncommons area at any time to follow up or start a small-group discussion.
“News You Can Use” - Updates on Policy, Research, Statistics, Technology
Experts from across library-related fields will again offer the latest updates on policy, research, statistics, technology, and more in the cluster of “News You Can Use” sessions at the 2014 Midwinter Meeting. First introduced in this format last year, the sessions are based on recent research, surveys, reports, legislation/regulation, projects, beta trials, focus groups, and other data. Update providers include ALA Washington Office, other ALA divisions and offices, the ALA Digital Content Working Group, and a wide range of organizations such as IMLS, OCLC, DPLA (Digital Public Library of America), Pew Research Center, LibTechGender, and ALISE.
The timely topics include: prospects and directions for ALA, libraries, and e-books in 2014; next steps for DPLA post-launch; YALSAs report from the Digital Learning/ MacArthur Foundation project; ACRL's hearing on information literacy standards for higher education; Top Tech Trends from LITA; COAs hearing on draft standards for accreditation; challenges of gender issues in technology librarianship; the latest PEW Internet Research Update findings relating to what Americans want - and don't want - from their libraries; and others.
Attendees are encouraged to ask questions, explore options, make recommendations, examine ideas, and reflect on the implications with colleagues at the Unconference on Friday and Library Camp on Monday afternoon, during the facilitated conversation on Saturday afternoon, by signing up for the kitchen-table type conversations and participating in discussion groups on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and using the Networking Uncommons area at any time to follow up or start a small-group discussion.
For a complete list, use this link, or visit the Scheduler sessions and click on “News You Can Use Updates” in the list of meeting types. Add your selections to your schedule - one click for each is all it takes.
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