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  • 1.  Permissions to Reprint "What the...Librarian Knew" series

    Posted Feb 18, 2016 04:52 AM

    Affiliate Assembly members - 


    There is an ALA Youth Divisions Joint Executive Committee, which comprises of  AASL, ALSC, and YALSA leadership. Within this committee, there is an Interdivisional Committee on School-Public Library Cooperation and a collaborative project was developed which I think might interest you. 


    We have received permission to offer our Affiliates the opportunity to reprint in your state professional journal or newsletter the “What the Public Librarian Wishes the School Librarian Knew’ and ‘What the School Librarian Wishes the Public Librarian Knew’ articles. These articles were originally published in the 2015 issue of the Children and Libraries magazine. 


    I hope you will take advantage of this offering. This is a great opportunity to help build understanding within your state about the strengths both public and school libraries bring to our communities. 


    You may view the articles at:



    If you choose to take advantage of this opportunity, please contact Allison Cline <acline@ala.org> for permission to re-print details. 


    I also would love to hear how your state plans to use the articles, so please consider sending me a message <lesliepreddy@hotmail.com> and let me know your experience so I can send feedback to the Interdivisional committee.


    If you have suggestions for future partnership projects for the committee, please also send those my way.


    Wishing you the best,


    Leslie Preddy, 2015-2016 AASL President



  • 2.  RE: Permissions to Reprint "What the...Librarian Knew" series

    Posted Feb 18, 2016 12:48 PM

    For those of you who I've confused this morning I apologize- for some reason this post went into my quarantine and I just received!  We get a lot of requests for permissions and so again my apologies for confusion on my part.

    If you would like to reprint in your state affiliate newsletter we do have permission from ALSC but are required to also print the following text:

    © American Library Association. Reprinted from Children and Libraries, Vol. 13, no. 4, with permission from the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)

    If you would like to reprint or distribute in any other way please email me acline@ala.org as those uses will require additional permission.

    Thank you!
    Allison