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Welcome to Connect @ PLA, a virtual community for PLA personal members to share knowledge and seek assistance from colleagues on any topic related to public library service. Post ideas, questions, links to interesting information—anything you wish to share or engage over. We recommend you request e-mail notifications of posts to the group, so new posts and comments will be sent directly to your in-box. If you’re not used to logging on to ALA Connect each day, this is a great way to make sure you don’t miss anything. To receive e-mail notifications, click “My subscriptions” in the right hand column, then click the checkbox to the right of the PLA (Public Library Association) group is checked. Additional instructions are available at http://www.ala.org/pla/connect.

The core purpose of the Public Library Association is to strengthen public libraries and their contribution to the communities they serve.

Find out more about PLA on the ALA website.

PostThe deadline is today for PLA@ALA 2013 Program Proposals

by Julianna Kloeppel (staff) on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 4:19pm

PLA is now accepting proposals for programs to be presented at the ALA 2013 Annual Conference, June 27–July 2, 2013 in Chicago. Deadline to submit proposals is May 15, 2012.

Volunteer for Program subcommittees and read the proposals here: http://www.ala.org/pla/about/committees

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PostCalling all public librarians! Survey about supervising fieldwork (practicum) students

by Sian Brannon on Thu, 05/10/2012 - 2:41pm

My name is Sian Brannon and I am a doctoral student in the School of Library and Information Studies at Texas Woman’s University. I would like to invite you to participate in my dissertation research study entitled Examining the Fieldwork Experience from the Site Supervisor Perspective: A mixed-methods study using Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development theory.

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PostPennsylvania Library Association (and partners) literacy initiative

by Julianna Kloeppel (staff) on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 4:19pm

http://www.paforward.org/

"What is PA Forward?

The Pennsylvania Library Association’s 21st Century Literacies Initiative, PA Forward, was conceived to give voice to what the library community already knows, and what other states throughout the nation are also recognizing: