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An Invitation from ALA President Courtney Young

  • 1.  An Invitation from ALA President Courtney Young

    Posted Oct 22, 2014 09:03 AM

    Dear Diversity Scholars Community, 


    I am writing to invite you to help shape the future.


    As part of the Association’s strategic planning process, we would like to invite you and other ALA members to share your best thinking about what you would like to see happen/accomplished in three priority areas that have been identified as strategic initiatives for the Association over the next 3-5 years. These initiatives are:



    • Advocacy

    • Information Policy

    • Professional and Leadership Development.


    Over the course of this fall and winter, member groups and individual members will all be invited to discuss three questions that will help shape the vision, goals, objectives, strategies and tactics for each of the three initiative areas over the course of the coming months. For each initiative, the questions are:



    • What would success look like?

    • How do you think we might get there?

    • How might you/your community (division, round table, committee, chapter, affiliate) help us get there?


    Three virtual town hall meetings will also be held this fall where members can share their thinking on these questions:


    • Advocacy – November 19th, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. CST. Register via this link: http://ala.adobeconnect.com/e3jnrhpohj3/event/registration.html


    • Information Policy – November 20th, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. CST. Register via this link: http://ala.adobeconnect.com/e2kx6wuc09p/event/registration.html


    • Professional and Leadership Development – December 11th, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. CST. Register via this link: http://ala.adobeconnect.com/e7o6lfj0f30/event/registration.html


    Please note that pre-registration is necessary.


    As we shape our future direction, we need your best thinking and invite you to actively participate in the forums and strategic planning process. To see the forum discussion guide and feedback forms, find out more about the planning process, the strategic initiatives, or share your individual thoughts on how best to achieve them, just visit http://www.ala.org/aboutala/strategic-planning and join the Community at http://connect.ala.org/strategicplanning .


    Looking forward to a stronger Association and a stronger future for libraries,


    Courtney L. Young


    ALA President