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Proposals are now being accepted for poster sessions, tech tables and round-table discussions for the 40th Annual ALAO Conference.  

Submit your proposal online. 

Joe Straw, ALAO Government Relations Liaison, has posted several updates on highly relevant national legislative activity, including: 

• Mark-up for Library Services and Technology Act in FY'15 Budget>
• Workforce Investment and Opportunity Act (passed by House and Senate)
• New Version of the USA Freedom Act

Check the Legislative Updates page often for timely news.

The Academic Library Association of Ohio (ALAO) Conference Planning Committeeinvites you to submit proposals for the 40th Annual Conference, which will take place on November 13-14, 2014 at the Kalahari Resort & Convention Center in Sandusky, OH.

 

The submission deadline for full-length sessions has been extended to June 9, 2014.

Presentations may take the form of contributed papers, demonstrations, workshops, research results, panel discussions, etc. Submit your proposals to: http://bit.ly/1rxFVff 

Applicants are encouraged to develop sessions that show thoughtful consideration of this year’s conference theme, “Engagement, advocacy and outreach: Empowering our communities,” which seeks to explore how academic libraries and librarians empower our communities in all the ways that we do. We would love to learn about your ideas, experiences, solutions, and best practices – even those that yielded results that were different than expected!

Questions about the conference can be directed to:
Eboni Johnson, ALAO Vice President
ejohnson@oberlin.edu

The ALAO Collection Management Interest Group is honored to invite you to our Summer 2014 Collection workshop, I can’t believe you do that! 

 

How are you tracking what gets used?  How do you respond to changing expectations for diversifying crowds?  How should you allocate your resources for new initiatives?  What constitutes responsible collection development – and how are new innovations challenging those ideals?  On Monday, June 9^th, we will explore those questions and more.

 

Full registration information will be coming soon, but please make sure to mark your calendar!

 

What: I can’t believe you do that! – a Collection Management Workshop

When: Monday, June 9^th, 2014

Where: State Library of Ohio in Columbus

--copied from an ALAO discussion list post from Calvin Cleary, The Ohio State University.

The Academic Library Association of Ohio (ALAO) Conference Planning Committee invites you to submit proposals for the 40^th Annual Conference, which will take place on November 13-14, 2014 at the Kalahari Resort & Convention Center in Sandusky, OH. 

The submission deadline for full-length sessions is May 30, 2014. Applicants are encouraged to develop sessions that show thoughtful consideration of this year’s conference theme, “Engagement, advocacy and outreach: Empowering our communities,” which seeks to explore how academic libraries and librarians empower our communities in all the ways that we do. We would love to learn about your ideas, experiences, solutions, and best practices – even those that yielded results that were different than expected!

Presentations may take the form of contributed papers, demonstrations, workshops, research results, panel discussions, etc. Submit your proposals to: http://bit.ly/1rxFVff 

More information and proposal guidlines can be found in the attached call for proposals. 

Questions about the conference can be directed to:
Eboni Johnson, ALAO Vice President
ejohnson@oberlin.edu

 

I am very pleased to announce the following newly-elected officers who will be joining the ALAO board in July:
 
Vice-President/ President-Elect - Brian Gray (Case Western Reserve University)
 
Membership Chair - Katy Mathuews (Shawnee State University)
 
Secretary - Sheryl Gannon (Brown-Mackie College-Findlay)
 
Board Members at Large –
Moriana Garcia (Denison University) 
 
                Heidi Gauder (University of Dayton)
 
               Carissa Thatcher (Southern State Community College)
 
 
Congratulations to one and all!  We look forward to them joining us to provide ALAO leadership!
 
My deepest appreciation to all the candidates who agreed to run for an office;  I wish that all could have been elected!

The National Library Legislative Day Award has been extended to Mary Creed, Health Science Library, The Ohio State University. Mary will join Joseph Straw, Marietta College, and the rest of the Ohio delegation on May 5-6 in Washington D.C. to advocate for library issues of importance for both our academic and public library colleagues.  The NLLD Award supports travel and registration expenses.

Congratulations to the following ALAO members selected to participate in Library Leadership Ohio 2014:

Erica Clay, INFOhio
Katy Mathuews, Clark Memorial Library, Shawnee State University
Joshua Michael, Centennial Library, Cedarville University
Noreen Mulcahy, Mount Carmel Health Sciences Library
Jane Wu, Courtright Memorial Library, Otterbein College

The Research and Publications Committee is pleased to announce three winners of ALAO Research Grants:

We are pleased to announce winners of the 2014 ALAO Continuing Education Grant. The Professional Development Committee conducted a blind review of seven strong applications and selected the following three ALAO members to receive the award:

Maureen Berry, First Year Experience Librarian at Wright State University, will be awarded an honorable mention award of $200 to attend "Extending our Reach: The Inaugural Colloquium on Libraries & Service-Learning" to be held at Santa Clara University in California.

Daniela Solomon, Research Services Librarian for Engineering at Case Western Reserve University, will be awarded $450 to attend the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference and Exposition in Indianapolis.

Jane Wu, Systems Librarian at Otterbein University, will be awarded $1,850 to attend “Research Data Access and Preservation Summit 2014” in San Diego.

Special thanks to the PDC for their time and careful review of each application. The 2014 PDC members are Katie Blocksidge (OSU Newark), Kevin Caslow (Northeast Ohio Medical University), Mark Eddy (Case Western Reserve University), Jeff Franks (University of Akron), Julie Gustafson (College of Wooster), Dana Knott (Columbus State CC, Delaware), Kathleen Pickens (Cincinnati State), and Suzanne Smailes (Wittenberg).

Katy Kelly, University of Dayton,
PDC Chair