Dear Friends and Colleagues,
As the New Year approaches, I want to take some time to share
with you some of the many new developments we are working on for AJL.
The Library Task Force has been working hand-in-hand with the
Public Relations committee to examine our mission and goals and
develop a strategy for accomplishing initiatives that will move our
organization forward and provide even more support and service to our
members. RAS and SSC Board members have worked with the task force to
come up with a plan for our organization. The specific details are
being honed and will be presented to Council at Midwinter and to the
General Membership at Convention. Thank you to all involved for their
creative ideas and hard work.
The 2009 Chicago Convention Committee is hard at work planning
the upcoming Convention to take place in July, 2009. They are putting
together the program suggestions and papers they received and are
insuring an outstanding experience will be had by all. Right now they
are starting to contact vendors so that we will have an exceptional
array of exhibitors. If you would like to present a session or know
of a possible exhibitor, please contact the Committee through the
information provided on the AJL home page. Definitely mark your
calendar to attend Convention this coming year. It will be an
experience you will long remember.
The Continuing Education Committee is looking at ideas for a
CEU class at Convention. In addition, the marvelous course they
organized for the 2008 Cleveland Convention on Valuing Libraries is
available as a powerpoint over the internet and AJL will underwrite a
visit from the presenter to local chapters or regional groups who
would like to offer this program to their chapter members.
The Mentoring Committee is still accepting volunteers to mentor
librarians who request help as well as those who wish to find a
mentor. Our mentors offer a personal touch to learning and growing in
our profession.
The Accreditation Committee has posted the forms to download if
you wish to apply for library accreditation this year. Accreditation
helps you look at your library and evaluate how well you are meeting
your goals and fulfilling your mission as well as making your school
or synagogue look really good for having an accredited library!
There are many, many people in our organization who volunteer
their time to make our profession the best that it can be. Please
join us and let us know what we can do to help you.
Wishing everyone a healthy, prosperous, and sweet new year.
Shana Tova Metuka,
Susan Dubin
AJL President
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