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Alphabet Soup:Professional
Organizations and Conferences for
School Librarians
Wendy StephensBuckhorn High School
ALA Emerging Leaders 2007-08AASL Web 2.0 Task Force 2007-09
AASL Blog Editorial Board 2008-2010YALSA Preconference Committee Chair 2009-2010
ALLA Annual Conference School Libraries Liaison 2009-2010
• Must join ALA to join AASL• American Libraries, Knowledge
Quest• Discounted conference
registration and professional development
• Participation opportunities• ALA OIF support
AASL
• Bi-annual conference• Focus on achievement and
school libraries• Workshops and presentations
on a variety of topics, from disaster management to the new AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner
• Author breakfast
AASL National ConferenceCharlotte NC
November 5-8, 2009
ALSC & YALSA: Age-specific ALA divisions
Young Adult Literature Symposium
Newbery Banquet
ISTE SIGMS• Interest in emerging technologies to support learning• Second Life events• Learning & Leading
Preconference at Buckhorn: tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Youth Services Day: tentatively scheduled for Thursday, April 15, 2010
Annual Conference
• Last year: two one-day conferences, one in January and one in June
• Coordinates visit to legislature, AVL advocacy• NBCT support group
For more information, see American Association of School Librarians (AASL)http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aboutaasl/aaslmembership/aaslmembership.cfm AASL National Conferencehttp://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/conferencesandevents/national/charlotte2009.cfm Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/index.cfm Young Adult Libraries Services Association (YALSA)http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/yalsa.cfm International Society for Technology in Education Special Interest Group for Media Specialists (ISTE SIGMS)http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Membership/SIGs/SIGMS_Media_Specialists_/SIGMS_Media_Specialists_.htm Alabama Library Association (ALLA) Annual Conferencehttp://allanet.org/convention_general.cfm Alabama Instructional Media Association (AIMA)http://www.alaima.org/