"Recruitment @ Your Library" Broadcast
American Library Association
National Town Hall Meeting
Recruitment @ Your Library
Live Satellite Broadcast
Friday, April 26, 2002
Northern New York Library Network Office, Potsdam, NY
Lunch - 11:30 a.m., Broadcast - noon to 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time
The Northern New York Library Network is joining the library community in discussions and
information-sharing on items of vital interest to our profession.
The “Recruitment @ Your Library” program begins with the premise that the most valuable
asset in our libraries is its staff. This two-hour inaugural broadcast will introduce the
salient issues libraries will address over the next decade: the looming staff shortage, the
building of a diverse staff, and educational opportunities for staff growth.
Featured participants of this teleconference are:
- John W. Berry, ALA President, discussing the work of ALA’s task force on recruitment.
- Camila A. Alire, member of the ALA Executive Board and former President of REFORMA,
presenting an overview of the recruitment crisis and the need to recruit librarians who
reflect the diversity of the communities they serve.
- Nick Buron, Coordinator, Young Adult Services, Queens Borough Public Library, on the
innovative Library Page Fellows Program.
- Annie Marie Ford, Personnel Librarian, The University of Illinois at Chicago, on
strategies for recruiting from within your own library.
- Curt B. McKay, Assistant Dean, Graduate School of Library & Information Science, the
University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign, on making library education available on weekends
and by distance education.
- Naimah Salahuddin, Project Coordinator for Staff Development, Chicago Public Library, on
staff development, mentoring, tuition reimbursement and staff incentives.
- Elisa Topper, Assistant Dean, Graduate School of Library & Information Science, Dominican
University, on collaboration with Chicago Public Schools and ALA’s Spectrum Initiative.
To register for this workshop, please call the Network office, or email:
cont-ed@northnet.org
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