ALSC is now accepting proposals for innovative programs for the 2017 ALA Annual Conference. Be part of this exciting professional development opportunity by submitting your program today!
To submit a program proposal for the 2017 Annual Conference, please visit the ALSC website. for the submission form and instructions. The 2017 ALA Annual Conference is scheduled for June 22-27, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. All proposals must be submitted by Thursday, June 2, 2016.
Submit a proposal
Need help getting started? In January, the Program Coordinating Committee put out a call for ideas and asked for your feedback. We offered thirteen topic areas and asked members to rank their favorites. Here are all thirteen topic areas we suggested ranked in order of ALSC members’ choices:
- Diversity in children’s lit
- Partnerships and outreach
- Age specific programming
- STEM/STEAM
- Summer learning
- Difficult conversations
- Media mentorship
- Recent immigrant communities
- Collection development
- Diversity in the profession
- Advocacy
- Gender diversity
- Networking
Need more inspiration? Below you’ll find additional ideas suggested by ALSC members in response to the survey. These are not ranked and appear in the order in which they were received. Additional Program Ideas:
- Continuing Education after the MLIS
- Working with difficult coworkers/directors/city agencies– best practices, stress relief, etc.
- Programming for Children with Special Needs
- Localized networking- how to bring back info from ALA, etc, and share with people who can’t afford time/money for conference
- Poetry, poetry programs, apps, National Poetry Month
- Social services: ie. Food programs at the library to serve hungry families, homelessness, libraries as a safe environment etc
- Child development and how it relates to library services, the mechanics of reading ( to help with readers advisory for emerging readers)
- The impact on tech on families
- Recent youth space upgrades/renovations. Slide shows etc
- Early Literacy/Babies Need Words
- Preschool Programming outside of storytime
- Becoming a youth services manager
- Statistics, budgeting
- I would love to see a diversity track that covers diversity in the profession, networking with others that are from a more diverse culture, diversity in children’s lit, gender diversity, also how to encourage diversity in publishing and other areas related to libraries.
- Creating a culture of reading in our community
- Time/workload management; librarian lifehacks
- Leadership and management chops
- Homeschooling
- Serving low-income kids and families
- Parent involvement
- Advancing early literacy best practices based on research- screens and reality
Please note that participants attending ALSC programs are seeking valuable educational experiences; the Program Coordinating Committee will not select a program session that suggests commercial sales or self-promotion. Presentations should provide a valuable learning experience and avoid being too limited in scope.
Please contact the chair of the ALSC Program Coordinating Committee, Amy Martin with questions.
Submit a proposal
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Are you interested in developing a program for ALA Annual 2017, and wondering what topics are in demand from ALSC members? In January, the Program Coordinating Committee put out a call for ideas and asked for your feedback. We offered thirteen topic areas and asked members to rank their favorites.
Here are all thirteen topic areas we suggested ranked in order of ALSC members’ choices:
1. Diversity in children’s lit
2. Partnerships and outreach
3. Age specific programming
4. STEM/STEAM
5. Summer learning
6. Difficult conversations
7. Media mentorship
8. Recent immigrant communities
9. Collection development
10. Diversity in the profession
11. Advocacy
12. Gender diversity
13. Networking
Need more inspiration? Below you’ll find additional ideas suggested by ALSC members in response to the survey. These are not ranked and appear in the order in which they were received.
Additional Program Ideas:
• Continuing Education after the MLIS
• Working with difficult coworkers/directors/city agencies– best practices, stress relief, etc
• Programming for Children with Special Needs
• Localized networking- how to bring back info from ALA, etc, and share with people who can’t afford time/money for conference
• Poetry, poetry programs, apps, National Poetry Month
• Social services: ie. Food programs at the library to serve hungry families, homelessness, libraries as a safe environment etc
• Child development and how it relates to library services, the mechanics of reading ( to help with readers advisory for emerging readers)
• The impact on tech on families
• Recent youth space upgrades/renovations. Slide shows etc
• Early Literacy/Babies Need Words
• Preschool Programming outside of storytime
• Becoming a youth services manager
• Statistics, budgeting
• I would love to see a diversity track that covers diversity in the profession, networking with others that are from a more diverse culture, diversity in children’s lit, gender diversity, also how to encourage diversity in publishing and other areas related to libraries.
• Creating a culture of reading in our community
• Time/workload management; librarian lifehacks
• Leadership and management chops
• Homeschooling
• Serving low-income kids and families
• Parent involvement
• Advancing early literacy best practices based on research- screens and reality
The call for proposals for ALA Annual 2017 in Chicago will go out in late March/early April. We can’t wait to see what you come up with!
-The ALSC Program Coordinating Committee
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What programs would you love to see sponsored by ALSC at the 2017 ALA Annual Conference? The call for proposals will be released in early April 2016, and for the first time ever, you can help your colleagues develop proposals on topics that are most of interest to ALSC members.
Complete this survey by February 29, 2016. In March, the ALSC blog will publish a “wish list” of the most requested–and most fascinating–program topics. Potential presenters, you’ll take it from there; peruse the list, get inspired, and develop proposals you know your colleagues will love!
We can’t promise every topic on the wish list will end up as an ALSC-sponsored program, and no proposal is guaranteed acceptance. Final decisions on program acceptance will be made by the Program Coordinating Committee. We’re eager to collect member feedback and ideas in a broader way than ever before. Feel free to contact PCC Chair Amy Martin ([email protected]) with questions.
— ALA Annual 2017 Program Coordinating Committee
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