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  • 20 Feb 2014 9:20 PM | Anonymous member

    ALAO has budgeted up to $600 for travel support for a member willing to represent ALAO and academic libraries generally at ALA National Library Legislative Days (NLLD) on May 5-6 2014 in Washington, D.C.  More about the conference from the ALA Washington Office: http://www.ala.org/advocacy/advleg/nlld 


    Interested?  Contact Joseph Straw js001@marietta.edu as soon as possible if you would like to represent ALAO. Provide a brief description of your advocacy activity and issue involvement with ALAO or other civic organizations, plus the name and phone number of a reference who is familiar with your advocacy efforts and interest. 


    More information: http://www.alaoweb.org/govtrelations/advocatesaward.php. Any ALAO member interested in getting more involved in advocacy efforts is welcome to apply. 


    The ALAO representatives will be a part of the Ohio delegation at the conference that will work together to meet with members of the state congressional delegation and/or their staff.


    Thank You,

    Joe Straw

    Government Relations Liaison

    Legacy Library

    Marietta College

  • 10 Feb 2014 3:13 PM | Anonymous member

    The Academic Library Association of Ohio (ALAO) values diversity in its membership, in the profession, and in future library professionals. For this reason, we offer a $1,500 scholarship to a promising student enrolled in an ALA-accredited MLS program who exemplifies the qualities needed to ensure a diverse library workforce.

    The scholarship will be applied directly to the recipient’s bursar account for tuition at his or her academic institution. As the scholarship recipient, the student also will receive a complimentary registration for ALAO’s Annual Conference and a year of mentoring by a selected ALAO Member.

    Application: Complete information and the scholarship application are available at:
    http://www.alaoweb.org/committees/diversity/scholarship-guidelines

    Completed applications should be sent by March 28, 2014, via email to:
    d.kolosionek44@csuohio.edu

    ALAO Diversity Committee Chair:

    Diane Kolosionek
    Education & Urban Affairs Subject Specialist Librarian
    Michael Schwartz Library
    Cleveland State University
    2121 Euclid Avenue
    RT 110D
    Cleveland, Ohio 44115-2214
    (216) 802-3358
    d.kolosionek44@csuohio.edu

  • 22 Jan 2014 10:08 AM | Anonymous member
    Free membership was offered in December to currently enrolled students in the Kent State University SLIS program, and our roster of student members has grown quickly to a new total of 37.  Welcome to all of these new members!  To learn more about free student membership, contact Membership Chair Alison Ricker: aricker@oberlin.edu.
  • 12 Dec 2013 8:53 AM | Anonymous

    Working toward tenure, or perhaps interested in putting together your first research project?  Will you need money to fund that new or current research project on libraries, librarianship, or information science and technology?  The ALAO Research and Publications Committee would love to help!  


    As an ALAO member you have the opportunity to apply for up to $1,500 in grant funding in support of your research. Our 2014research grant program is underway, and you can apply today!


    For more information about award eligibility, application procedures and deadlines, check out the Research and Publications Committee web page on the ALAO main site at http://www.alaoweb.org/.  


    Our RPC page is in the Committees section of ALAO main page.  


    Here also is the direct link to the 2014 grant program page,


    http://www.alaoweb.org/committees/researchpub/2014-research-grant


    And, make sure to submit your application for this year’s research grant program to alaorpcgrants@gmail.com by December 20, 2013.  We look forward to learning about your research project!

  • 04 Dec 2013 10:02 AM | Anonymous member
    ALAO is pleased to announce that we will be helping to support Library Leadership Ohio and encourage our members to consider applying to this exciting program.  From Library Leadership Ohio's website, "In July 2014, fifty participants from libraries around Ohio will gather in Columbus to participate in the Library Leadership Ohio Institute.  Library Leadership Ohio believes that leaders come from all types of libraries and hold various positions in the libraries they serve.  This 3 day institute, facilitated by the Ivy Group will form leaders who will work together for the benefit of all Ohio libraries and the communities they serve. This new Library Leadership Ohio Institute is designed to create leaders who will guide Ohio libraries into the twenty-first century and solve the issues facing our libraries and communities." 

    Library Leadership Ohio will be held July 22 - 25, 2014 at the Holiday Inn Worthington.  The fee to attend is $425.  Applications are due December 16, 2013.  For more information and application instructions, please check out their website: http://libraryleadershipohio.org/.
  • 19 Nov 2013 10:01 AM | Anonymous
    Working toward tenure, or perhaps interested in putting together your first research project?  Will you need money to fund that new or current research project on libraries, librarianship, or information science and technology?  The ALAO Research and Publications Committee would love to help!  


    As an ALAO member you have the opportunity to apply for up to $1,500 in grant funding in support of your research.  


    Our 2014research grant program is underway, and you can apply today!


    For more information about award eligibility, application procedures and deadlines, check out the Research and Publications Committee web page on the ALAO main site athttp://www.alaoweb.org/.  


    Our RPC page is in the Committees section of ALAO main page.  


    Here also is the direct link to the 2014 grant program page,


    http://www.alaoweb.org/committees/researchpub/2014-research-grant


    And, make sure to submit your application for this year’s researchgrant program to alaorpcgrants@gmail.com by December 20, 2013.  We look forward to learning about your research project!


    Please also feel free to contact me if you have any questions about the program.


    Best Wishes,


    Mark Eddy

    Chair, ALAO RPC
  • 31 Oct 2013 2:12 PM | Anonymous member
    Last week's conference was excellent - great speakers, wonderful facilities, very well organized and managed.  All members of the committee, for both pre-conference and conference, are to be commended and congratulated on a job well done. Thanks also to all conference program presenters, poster session participants, our Kent State Univ Stark Campus and Stark State College hosts, and vendor representatives.  Not to mention all conferees, without whom there's no point in gathering.  We all contributed to a highly successful conference.
  • 22 Oct 2013 8:43 AM | Anonymous

    Working toward tenure, or perhaps interested in putting together your first research project?  Will you need money to fund that new or current research project on libraries, librarianship, or information science and technology?  The ALAO Research and Publications Committee would love to help!  


    As an ALAO member you have the opportunity to apply for up to $1,500 in grant funding in support of your research.  Our 2014 research grant program is underway, and you can apply today!


    For more information about award eligibility, application procedures and deadlines, check out the Research and Publications Committee web page on the ALAO main site at http://www.alaoweb.org/.  Our RPC page is in the Committees” section of ALAO main page.  


    Here also is the direct link to the 2014 grant program page,


    http://www.alaoweb.org/committees/researchpub/2014-research-grant


    And, make sure to submit your application for this year’s research grant program to alaorpcgrants@gmail.com by December 20, 2013.  We look forward to learning about your research project!


    Please also feel free to contact me if you have any questions about the program.


    Best Wishes,


    Mark Eddy

    Chair, ALAO RPC
  • 18 Oct 2013 5:00 PM | Anonymous member



    Contact Judy Cerqua (cerqua.1@osu.edu) for information on late or on-site registration options.

    October 25, 2013

    Pre-conference October 24, 2013

    University Center, Kent State University at Stark, North Canton, Ohio

    Conference Website: http://osu.campusguides.com/welcome



    For registration after October 14, please contact Judy Cerqua, Registration Coordinator, at cerqua.1@osu.edu or 614-247-2725. 

    No refunds after October 15.


     

    Keynote address by Nancy Fried Foster, Senior Anthropologist at Ithaka S+R.  Research interests include participatory design of library technologies and spaces. For almost ten years, Dr. Foster directed anthropological research at the University of Rochester’s River Campus Libraries.  Title of the talk is, “Changing Libraries by Design” and will focus on collaborative library design incorporating information that is generated in the participatory design process.

     

    Check out the Conference Program at a Glance Keynote, Breakout Sessions, Lightning Talks, Round Table Discussions, Poster Sessions, Student Presentations and Vendors!

     

    You might also want to check out the preconference: Social Media Spark: Tips and Tech Tools to Ignite our Library Communities.  More information will be sent out about the preconference soon!

     

    For more information on lodging, please visit the conference website: http://osu.campusguides.com/hotel.

     

    If you have questions about the 39th Annual ALAO Conference, please contact Betsy Blankenship at blankenship.5@osu.edu or 740-725-6231.

     

     

     

     

     

  • 18 Oct 2013 5:00 PM | Anonymous member






    ALAO Preconference: Social Media Spark: Tips and Tech Tools to Ignite Your Community

    October 24, 2013

    Stark State College, North Canton, Ohio

    Preconference website: Social Media Spark


    Contact Judy Cerqua (cerqua.1@osu.edu) for information on late or on-site registration options.


    Registration is $25 and includes boxed lunch.

    Registration from 11am to noon, lunch noon to 1pm, program 1pm - 4pm.

     

    Lots of experts will tell you how to succeed at social media, but very few will lay out a clear path to failure. Learn what the most common points of failure are for libraries, and why libraries often aren’t getting what they want out of this new medium. Find out if your library is on its way to a social shipwreck and how you might be able to change course.


    Keynote: Laura Solomon, MCIW, MLS, is the Library Services Manager for the Ohio Public Library Information Network and the former Web Applications Manager for the Cleveland Public Library. She is a 2010 Library Journal Mover & Shaker.  Her book Doing Social Media So It Matters:  A Librarian’s Guide was published in late 2010 and The Librarian’s Nitty-Gritty Guide to Social Media was published in 2013.


    Please note that this is an interactive workshop and participants will need to bring a laptop.


    Questions about the preconference can be directed to Kathryn Venditti (kvenditt@ashland.edu) or Sara Klink (sklink@starkstate.edu).

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