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

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Power Point by Texas Library Association CE Specialist Ted Wanner on the importance of professional associations for library school students.

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  • 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