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ALA Demystified: How to Be Effective within ALA

Emerging Leaders Webinar

Leslie Burger, Princeton Public Library Director and Past President of ALA, 2006-2007

April 21, 2011 at 1pm

#alaelseminar

• 10% of ALA is actively engaged in management of association
• Not easy to quickly move and adapt an association made up of tens of thousands of members
• ALA has a motto! “The best reading, for the largest number, at the lowest cost”
• YOU have to decide how you want to be involved in ALA; there is no one right way and no one to tell you how
• Observe ALA governance in action! Council = 186 policy-making members. Go to at least 1 Council meeting in your lifetime
• ALA Executive Board
  • Meets 4x/year
  • 11 members (all but 3 elected by membership)
  • Attend at least one of these meetings in lifetime, too!
  • Committees
    • Appointments to association committees made by president-elect
    • Go to committee meeting to see if you’re interested, then contact chair and ask if you can help
    • Be forthcoming about expressing interest in joining committee; proves you’re a leader and contributor
• Membership Initiative Group (MIG)
• Decide what needs to change, find others who feel the same way, and make it happen
• Conferences take on a life of their own at each location
• Become friends with @LibrarianJP on Facebook! He knows how to connect with people and throw a party

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