1. Be a Player: Opportunities in Professional Library Associations Ted Wanner Continuing Education Specialist Texas Library Association

2. Continuing Education?

25 years ago, most libraries still had card catalogs

15 years ago, no World Wide Web

14 years ago, no wikis

12 years ago, no blogs

11 years ago, no Google

5 years ago, no Web 2.0

3 years ago, no I-Phone

3. AssociationsFor All Kinds of Libraries

Academic

School

Public

Special

4. Academic Libraries

Over 150 in Texas

Some Key Issues:

• Library instruction

• Integrated Library Instruction / Collaboration

• SACS

• Marketing, PR, and Advocacy

• Money

5. Public Libraries

Over 570 in Texas

Some Key Issues:

• Professional staffing

• Relevance in the Internet Age

• Library instruction and Programming

• Marketing, PR, and Advocacy

• Money, money

• Disaster Preparedness

6. Special Libraries

Corporate, museum, medical, law, art, etc.

Sometimes hard to define or count

(Over 9000 nationwide)

Some Key Issues:

• Money money money

• Rising data costs

• Marketing, PR, & Advocacy

7. School Libraries

Over 7000 in Texas

Some Key Issues

• Professional staffing

• Integrated Library Instruction / Collaboration

• T exasE ssentialK nowledge &S kills

• Labeling and other challenges

• Marketing, PR, and Advocacy

• Money money money money

8. Q: How do we address commonissues with one voice? 9. Q: How do we address commonissues with one voice?

A: Professional Associations!

10. National Level

American Library Association (ala.org)

• American Association of School Librarians

• Association of College & Research Libraries

• Public Library Association

• Special Library Association

• Association of Specialized & Cooperative Library Agencies

• Library Leadership & Management Association

• Etc.

11. National Level (cont.)

American Association of Law Libraries

American Society for Information Science & Technology

Chinese American Libraries Association

Medical Library Association

Music Library Association

Urban Libraries Council

12. Social Media Revolution

Rise of Virtual Conferences

National Divisions and Round Tables giving way to Communities of Practice

Opportunities for Digital Natives

13. www.ala.org 14. 15. Texas Library Association

Over 100 years old

Largest state library association

(bigger than New York, California, & Illinois combined)

• • ~7000 members

• • ~8000 conference attendees

• • 15 staff

16. TLA Divisions

College & University Library Division

Public Library Division

Special Library Division

Texas Association of School Libraries

17. TLA Districts (June 2010) 18. TLA Districts

Abilene

Amarillo

Austin

Corpus Christi

Dallas

El Paso

Fort Worth

Houston

Lubbock

San Antonio

19. TLA Districts in 2011? Regions correspond to Texas Council ofGovernments 20. Round Tables & Interest Groups

Major areas of interest in librarianship

• Acquisitions, Archives, Automation, Cataloging, Children, Genealogy, Library Instruction, Reference, Supervision & Management, Young Adults, etc.

Special interests

• Black Caucus, CE Providers, Distributed E-Learning, Doo Wop (fun), Gay-Lesbian-Transgendered, REFORMA, Service to Spanish Speakers, TALL Texans, TPALS (vendors), etc.

21. Committees (examples)

Functions within the Association

• Awards,Budget, By-Laws, Conference Programming, Continuing Education, Legislative, Membership, New Members

Major ideals of the Association

• Intellectual Freedom, Leadership Development, Professional Recruitment and Retention, Professional Rights and Responsibilities, Texas-Mexico Relations

22. Publications

Texas Library Journal

TLACast

Intellectual Freedom Handbook

TexLine

Texas Reference Sources

Award lists (Bluebonnet, Tayshas, 2x2)

23. Publications

Texas Library Journal

TLACast

Intellectual Freedom Handbook

TexLine

Texas Reference Sources

Award lists (Bluebonnet, Tayshas, 2x2)

GET PUBLISHED! 24. CE Opportunities

District Meetings and Workshops

Annual Conference

Online tutorials & webinars

25. CE Opportunities

District Meetings and Workshops

Annual Conference

Online tutorials & webinars

GET NEW SKILLS! 26. Legislative Efforts

Restoration and expansion of state aid

Library Standards

Technology Infrastructure Fund

Library Districts

65% Rule

TexShare databases for K-12

27. Legislative Efforts

Restoration and expansion of state aid

Library Standards

Technology Infrastructure Fund

Library Districts

65% Rule

TexShare databases for K-12

MAKE THINGS HAPPEN!! 28. Special Projects

Texas Accellerated Library Leaders (also known as TALL Texans)

29. TALL Texans

Defining your leadership style

Communication skills

Influence, Power, and Change

Risk Taking

Conflict Management

Coaching and Performance Improvement

Personal Career Goals

30. TALL Texans

5 years experience in libraries

Examples of leadership

Online applications available October 1

Applications due first week of January

Notification by March 1

Institute is usually 2 ndor 3 rdweek of June

31. Special Projects

Texas Accellerated Library Leaders (also known as TALL Texans)

Calendars (Disaster Relief fundraisers)

32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. Special Projects

Texas Accellerated Library Leaders (also known as TALL Texans)

Calendars (Disaster Relief fundraisers)

Professionalism & Ethics Task Force

Transforming Libraries

39. Special Projects

Texas Accellerated Library Leaders (also known as TALL Texans)

Calendars (Disaster Relief fundraisers)

Professionalism & Ethics Task Force

Transforming Libraries

HELP STEER THE PROFESSION! 40. TLA Conference

Annual

Seven to eight thousand people

Over 200 educational programs

• Best practices

• New tools

• Renew your enthusiasm

• Members get discounted rates

41. 42. Some Past Speakers

Isabel Allende

Liz Carpenter

Ralph Nader

Julie Powell

Scott Simon

43. Other Recent Speakers

Julie Andrews

Dave Barry

Tony Brown

Jenna Bush

Bill Cosby

Gloria Estefan

Marlee Matlin

Rita Perlman

Paula Poundstone

Gloria Steinem

44. San Antonio * April 14-17 45. 46. New TLA President

Maribel Castro

School Librarian

47. Possible Keynote Speakers 48. TLA Conference Programs 49. Sample Workshops

Social Media

Grants & Fundraising

Library Instruction

Faculty Collaboration

Programming for Youth

Management

Assessment

Intellectual Freedom

Outreach

Genealogy

New Reference Sources

Virtual Reference

Communication

Presentation Skills

50. Librarians vs. Guitar Hero 51. Young Adult Round TableGaming Preconference 2011

Full Day event with both sample games and presentations on games for marketing, outreach, & library instruction

Volunteers needed!

Contact YART Chair Jennifer Smith

[email_address]

52. Other 2011 Preconferences

Return on Investment value of libraries

Library Mashups Social Media

Dia de los Ni osprogramming

Library security w/ the Black Belt Librarian

53. Advocacy 54. Volunteer for Conference

WWW.TXLA.ORG

EVENTS: ANNUAL CONFERENCE

VOLUNTEER LINK

55. Volunteer for Conference

WWW.TXLA.ORG

EVENTS: ANNUAL CONFERENCE

VOLUNTEER LINK

GET A JOB!!!! 56. Join Your Professional Association

Get Published!

Get New Skills!

Make Things Happen!!

Help Steer the Profession!

Get a Job!!!!

57. Join both ALA & TLA for $35

Normal student rate: $25 TLA, $30 ALA

Save $20!

www.ala.org

www.tinyurl.com/yfsg7z7

58. Joint Membership Link

http://tinyurl.com/yfsg7z7

59. Contact Info

Ted Wanner

Texas Library Association

[email_address]

www.txla.org