2019 ALCTS Election Results
The results of the 2019 ALA and ALCTS elections are in! All appointments are three-year terms (2019–2022).
Continue readingCronin Elected ALCTS President for 2019–2022
Christopher Cronin, associate university librarian for collections at Columbia University, has been elected the 2020–2021 President of ALCTS. He will serve as president-elect for one year before becoming ALCTS president on July 1, 2020.
Continue readingKnowledge Base Management: e-Forum Summary
ALCTS held an e-Forum on knowledge base (KB) management on March 19–20, 2019, moderated by Tina Buck (University of Central Florida) and Christina Torbert (University of Mississippi). Topics included staffing, migration, maintenance, learning resources, linking, and more.
Continue reading2019 ALCTS Slate of Candidates
The ALA elections are now open, and all members are encouraged to vote March 11 through April 3. This is a critical election for ALA and ALCTS as we will see a new ALA Executive Director appointed and most of the ALA senior management will retire within a year or so. With such changes, the candidates you elect in this election will be entering a new era for ALA and ALCTS.
Continue readingMy Emerging Leader Experience: Netanel Ganin
Last year I had the privilege of joining the 2018 class of ALA Emerging Leaders and was doubly honored to be sponsored by ALCTS. Although I’d previously served on committees and task forces within ALCTS, I didn’t have a strong sense of the larger picture of ALA’s structure and governance, and where I might fit into it. All that changed during the program. Through presentations, speakers, and the ongoing conversations facilitated by the leaders of the program, I gained a keener understanding of some of how ALA functions, both internally, as well as for librarianship, libraries and librarians.
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