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National Town Hall Meeting

Recruitment @ yourlibrary

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We’re engaging the nation’s 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 your library is its staff. This two-hour inaugural broadcast will introduce you to the salient issues your library will address over the next decade: the looming staff shortage, the build-ing of a diverse staff and educational opportunities for staff growth.

Featured participants:

• John W. Berry, ALA President, discussing the work of his task force on recruitment;

• Camila A. Alire, member of the ALA Executive Board and former President of REFORMA, presenting an overview of our recuitment 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.

Friday, April 26, 2002

11:00 to 1:00 P.M. Central Time

@ RPLS; 345 West Eldorado Street, Decatur, IL 62522

@ Shelbyville Public Library; 154 N. Broadway, Shelbyville, IL 62565

Register today to receive this free program:

email Angela at angelat@rpls.ws or call (217) 429-2586

Brought to you without charge by ALA President John W. Berry’s  Task Force on Recruitment and Diversity,

Claudia B. Sumler, chair.