ALA Wide Efforts to Engage Young Professionals--a compiling document
This document is a working document of Subcommittee 4, which is looking at what is happening within ALA at activating younger/new professionals. I. Strategy for finding out what a division/office does...
View ArticleIdentifying associations that are especially good at recruiting/retaining...
Subcommittee 1 will be using the positive deviance method to:1. Identify professional associations that are especially good at recruiting and/or retaining young professionals.2. Adapt the most...
View ArticleBrainstorming (orientation guide, YLWG committee as case study)
I was just thinking about whether it would be worthwhile to recommend or create an orientation guide for ALA that would be distributed (electronically, probably) to all newbie librarians/members. What...
View ArticleSub-Committee 1: Report & Recommendations
Subcommittee Charge: Investigate what affiliates and other professional associations are doing to integrate young professionals into the profession and association.Introduction: This subcommittee...
View ArticleFinal Report with Appendices (DRAFT)
ALA Young Librarians Working GroupFinal Report and RecommendationsPrepared for ALA Executive BoardJune 11, 2010 ACTION REQUESTED/INFORMATION/REPORT:To review and approve the recommendations from the...
View ArticleMidwinter update and feedback opportunity
The Task Force submitted an interim report to the ALA Executive Board at Midwinter 2011.Check it out here: Young Librarians Task Force MW2011 reportTalk back! Vote for what issues you think are most...
View ArticleMidwinter interim report 2011
If you haven't seen it, the Task Force's interim report to the ALA Executive Board is available in the TF community space.
View ArticleAn effort to equalize elections
One of the subgroups in the Young Professionals Task Force has been exploring possibilities for equalizing elections to give young members a better chance at being elected to Council and other offices....
View ArticleYoung Turks Unite! An ALA Anti-Reception
Date: Sun, 01/27/2013 - 9:00pm - 11:00pmThis social event, which over the last several years has been variously known as the Young Turks, Young Professionals, and Young Librarians event, and has been...
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