Chicago, IL
8:30am
Executive Board Report
- The Midwinter meeting was discussed, but for now the "footprint" will remain the same.
The Council spent about 1.5 hours discussing strategic directions for ALA. The Council broke up into small groups of 5-8 people and then reported out highlights of the small group discussion.
Some highlights include:
Advocacy:
-Need a national marketing campaign
-Change library stereotypes for public and people looking for a career
-ALA supporting grassroots effort for advocacy
-A need for a unified message across libraries and library group
-Tie every action in ALA to stratigic plan
Information Policy:
-Relevant to the every day member
-Successful lobbying at local, federal, and state levels
-All library professionals understand the significance of policies - and complicated issues are made clear
Professional Leadership Development:
-ALA and the library profession should represent diversity
-ALA not looking at professional development as a revenue-stream but as an investment
-Cost of professional development was mentioned many times
10,552 is current registration for this conference.
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