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Membership in the AASL Chapters Forum is open to all and may include the state-level school library association’s president/chair, other officers, conference chair, etc. Past Delegates and other interested stakeholders from the association may join the forum. This space provides an opportunity to share, discuss and ask questions from chapter colleagues across the country.
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This community is intended for AASL members who are interested in digital and technology tools for use in the school library, to advise and incorporate into classroom instruction, and for learner application.
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This community is intended for AASL members who are interested in diversity, equity, and inclusion through the school environment and can cover topics like collection development, learner initiatives, as well as personal and staff professional development.
This community is intended for AASL members who are interested in school library instruction to help learners engage in creative and critical thinking about research and information resources, facilitating learners’ development as knowledge creators, lifelong learners, and participants in academic and scholarly activity.
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This community is intended for AASL members who are interested in “advertising” a literacy role within the school community as well as reading promotion for every learner in the school community.
This AASL Community of Practice focuses on school librarian and classroom educator collaboration strategies, project ideas, and outcomes.
Charge: To provide a forum for assessment librarians – and those with responsibility for, and interest in, library assessment – to discuss methods, training, results, impact, institutional needs and challenges, and seek solutions to common problems faced by the library assessment community.Community members can post as a new Discussion or email ALA-acrlassessdg@ConnectedCommunity.orgBefore you post: please note job postings are prohibited on ALA Connect. Please see the Code of Conduct for more information.
Charge: To create a discussion forum for academic librarians on the challenges and opportunities present in being or preparing to become a parent while continuing to work and/or maintain a career track. The discussion group will be an opportunity to share knowledge and experience about work related issues, for example library and university policies and procedures (leave, tenure, etc), managing expectations of colleagues, and negotiating agreements with supervisors, and parenting related issues, for example finding quality day care, managing yours and your partners expectations, and spending quality time with your child(ren). Discussions at ALA conferences will give participants an opportunity to learn from both experienced parents and new parents while also provide a forum for open conversations with library administrators and colleagues about the positive and negative effects parenthood can have on work performance and career.Community members can post as a new Discussion or email ALA-acrlbabyandbookdg@ConnectedCommunity.orgBefore you post: please note job postings are prohibited on ALA Connect. Please see the Code of Conduct for more information.
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Serves as a conduit for information and communication between National ACRL and its Chapters, and promotes membership of ACRL National.Community members can post as a new discussion or email ALA-ACRL-Chapters@Connectedcommunity.orgBefore you post: please note job postings are prohibited on ALA Connect. Please see the Code of Conduct for more information.
Charge: To provide an opportunity for participants to exchange views on leadership and management issues in college libraries.
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Charge: To provide a forum to discuss copyright issues that confront those working in academic and research libraries.Community members can post as a new Discussion or email ALA-acrlcopydg@ConnectedCommunity.orgBefore you post: please note job postings are prohibited on ALA Connect. Please see the Code of Conduct for more information.
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To provide a collaborative forum for discussion about data information literacy in academic and research libraries.
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To provide a collaborative forum for discussion about digital collections and related topics, including how academic and research libraries create digital collections, make them accessible as data, and support the creation of digital collections by faculty and students.
To bring together individuals who are interested in exploring the relationship between the digital humanities and libraries.
To bring together individuals who are actively engaged in the planning for, oversight of, and/or provision of data services within academic libraries.
To provide a collaborative forum for developing innovative ways of supporting the research data lifecycle within academic and research libraries.
To provide a collaborative forum for discussion about data visualization and related topics, including how academic and research libraries provide support for visualization.
Charge: To facilitate a platform for discussion and idea exchanges related to the library's role in the new student's first year experience in higher education. This could include, but is not limited to, discussions related to student transition and preparedness issues, transfer student populations, information literacy programs, outreach, and cross campus collaboration. The group could be of interest to any librarians working with this population at a variety of schools such as community colleges, four- year colleges, research universities, and even possibly those working in a K-12 setting.Community members can post as a new Discussion or email ALA-acrlfyedg@ConnectedCommunity.org Before you post: please note job postings are prohibited on ALA Connect. Please see the Code of Conduct for more information.
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Charge: To provide a forum and opportunity for academic librarians to openly discuss and explore common issues, ideas, problems, and opportunities associated with the administration, management and delivery of public services in academic libraries.Community members can post as a new Discussion or email ALA-acrlhpsdg@ConnectedCommunity.orgBefore you post: please note job postings are prohibited on ALA Connect. Please see the Code of Conduct for more information.