ALCTS News

ANMIG Seeks Volunteers for 2018–2019

June 11, 2018 ALCTS Office Announcements

The ALCTS New Members Interest Group (ANMIG) is seeking volunteers to serve for 2018–2019. ANMIG has focused on the interest of new ALCTS members and information professionals since 2009. The group is charged with developing interest group meetings at ALA conferences, helping new members of ALCTS assimilate to the division, plan virtual events and share pertinent information to the larger library community. Currently, the positions of co-vice chair, student liaison, social media coordinator, and member-at-large. If you are interested, please send a short bio and a few sentences about why you are interested to the co-chairs Xiping Liu (xliu47@uh.edu) and Rachel Turner (turnerr@binghamton.edu).

From the President: ALCTS at the 2018 ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans

June 11, 2018 Mary Beth Thomson ALA Annual Conference, Columns, Conference News, From the President

Mary Beth Thomson, 2017–2018 ALCTS president, highlights programs and conversations not to be missed at the 2018 ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans.

A Collaborative Future for Libraries, Museums, & More: Chicago Collections & Lifelong Learning Across the Community

June 4, 2018 Euemduan Osmera ALA Midwinter Meeting, Conference News

“A Collaborative Future for Libraries, Museums, and More: Chicago Collections and Lifelong Learning Across the Community” took place during the 2018 ALA Midwinter Meeting on Saturday, February 10, as part of the Symposium on the Future of Libraries. ALA and the Center for the Future of Libraries sponsored the program. Scott Walter of DePaul University was the single presenter, but two colleagues—Sarah Pritchard of Northwestern University and Mary Case of the University of Illinois at Chicago—were on hand to answer questions at the end.

Road Signs to the Future: What Trends Will Affect Your Library?

June 4, 2018 Sofia Slutskaya ALA Midwinter Meeting, Conference News

More than 90 participants from different types of libraries, vendors, and library schools attended “Road Signs to the Future: What Trends Will Affect Your Library?” The program was held on Sunday, February 11, during the 2018 ALA Midwinter Meeting as part of the Symposium on the Future of Libraries. The interactive session was led by Dr. Sara Duvall, district chair of Secondary Library Services for Ann Arbor Public Schools.

Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) Program Training: 2018 Midwinter Meeting

June 1, 2018 Joshua Hutchinson ALA Midwinter Meeting, Conference News

The Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) Program Training took place at the 2018 ALA Midwinter Meeting on Friday, February 9. Representatives from several PCC committees as well as the Library of Congress (LC) provided updates. The session was chaired by Judith Cannan, head of the Cooperative and Instructional Programs Division at LC.