Be a Player:
Professional Library Associations & You
Ted Wanner, Continuing Education Specialist, Texas Library Association
Continuing Education?
Continuing Education?
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30 years ago, most libraries still had card catalogs
22 years ago, no World Wide Web
18 years ago, no wikis or blogs
14 years ago, no Google
8 years ago, no Facebook, no Web 2.0
5 years ago, no Twitter
4 years ago, no iPhone
2 years ago, no iPad
Associations
For All Kinds of Libraries
•Academic • Public
•School
• Special
Academic Libraries
• Over 150 in Texas
• Some Key Issues:
– Library instruction
– Integrated Library Instruction / Collaboration
– SACS
– Marketing, PR, and Advocacy
– Money
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
Special Libraries
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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
School Libraries
• Over 7000 in Texas
• Some Key Issues
– Professional staffing
– Integrated Library Instruction / Collaboration
– Texas Essential Knowledge & Skills
– Labeling and other challenges
– Marketing, PR, and Advocacy
– Money money money money
Q: How do we address common
issues with one voice?
Q: How do we address common
issues with one voice?
A: Professional Associations!
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.
National Level (cont.)
• American Association of Law Libraries
• American Society for Information Science & Technology
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Chinese American Libraries Association
Medical Library Association
Music Library Association
Urban Libraries Council
Social Media Revolution
• Rise of Virtual Conferences
• National Divisions and Round
Tables giving way to
Communities of Practice
• Opportunities for Digital Natives
www.ala.org
ALA Annual Conference
June 23-28
ALA Annual Conference
• Over 25,000 participants
• Speakers include Dan Savage, Sue
Gardner, Molly Shannon, Jeff Kinney,
Daniel Ellsberg, Brooke Gladstone, Jeff
Jarvis, and many more
• Meetings on every aspect of libraries
• Nationwide Placement Center
Closer to Home
Texas Library Association
• Over 100 years old
• Largest state library association
(bigger than New York, California, & Illinois combined)
Nearly 7000 members
Average of 7500 conference attendees
15 staff
TLA Divisions
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College & University Library Division
Public Library Division
Special Library Division
Texas Association of School Libraries
TLA Districts
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Abilene
Amarillo
Austin
Corpus Christi
Dallas
6. El Paso
7. Fort Worth
8. Houston
9. Lubbock
10. San Antonio
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.
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
Publications
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Texas Library Journal
TLACast
Intellectual Freedom Handbook
TexLine
Texas Reference Sources
Award lists (Bluebonnet, Tayshas, 2x2)
Texas Library Journal
Publications
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Texas Library Journal
TLACast
Intellectual Freedom Handbook
TexLine
Texas Reference Sources
Award lists (Bluebonnet, Tayshas, 2x2)
Publications
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Texas Library Journal
TLACast
Intellectual Freedom Handbook
TexLine
Texas Reference Sources
Award lists (Bluebonnet, Tayshas, 2x2)
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CE Opportunities
• District Meetings and Workshops
CE Opportunities
• District Meetings and Workshops
• Online tutorials & webinars
–www.txla.org/ce
Examples of TLA webinars
• Opportunities in academic libraries with
Claremont CEO Robert Walton
• Outreach to special populations with ALA
President Molly Raphael
• Management series with Dr. Julie Todaro
• Copyright series with attorney / consultant
Gretchen McCord
Upcoming webinars
• Free job-hunting series in Summer 2011
• Leadership series with future ALA
President Maureen Sullivan
• Technology integration
• Management and Supervision
• Collaboration and partnerships
• Library instruction
CE Opportunities
• District Meetings and Workshops
• Online tutorials & webinars
• TALL Texans Leadership Development
TALL Texans topics
• Leadership vs
Management
• Communication, Coaching,
Negotiation, Conflict
Resolution, Advocacy
• Strategic Planning, Risktaking, Ethics
• Personal Career Planning
CE Opportunities
• District Meetings and Workshops
• Online tutorials & webinars
• TALL Texans Leadership Development
CE Opportunities
• District Meetings and Workshops
• Online tutorials & webinars
• Institutes
– TALL Texans Leadership Development
– Senior Leadership
Advocacy at 2011 Conference
Testifying to the Legislature
Legislative Efforts
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2011 Session and Aftermath
Restoration of direct state aid
Restoration of TexShare
Sustain Telecommunications Discounts
TexShare databases for K-12
Legislative Efforts
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2011 Session and Aftermath
Restoration of direct state aid
Restoration of TexShare
Sustain Telecommunications Discounts
TexShare databases for K-12
Legislative Efforts
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2011 Session and Aftermath
Restoration of direct state aid
Restoration of TexShare
Sustain Telecommunications Discounts
TexShare databases for K-12
TLA Conference
• April 12-15, 2011 in AUSTIN
• Nearly eight thousand people
• Over 200 educational programs
– Best practices
– New tools
– New inspirations
TLA President Jerilynn Williams
Public Librarian
Montgomery County
Tentative Logo for 2012
2012 Preconferences
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Return on Investment – value of libraries
Library Mashups – Social Media
International library development
Dealing with difficult patrons
Sample Workshops
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Social Media
Grants & Fundraising
Library Instruction
Faculty Collaboration
Programming for
Children & Youth
• Management
• Assessment
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Intellectual Freedom
Outreach
Genealogy
Facilties Redesign
Virtual Reference
eBooks & eReaders
Presentation Skills
Graphic Novels
Recent Keynote Speakers
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Julie Andrews
Isabel Allende
Ralph Nader
Julie Powell
Scott Simon
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Gloria Estefan
Marlee Matlin
Rita Perlman
Paula Poundstone
Gloria Steinem
2011 Speakers
Jamie Lee Curtis
Greg Mortenson
2012 Speakers?
Other opportunities
• Networking
(Welcome Party,
Presidents Party)
• Book Cart Drill Team
Volunteer for Conference
• WWW.TXLA.ORG
• EVENTS: ANNUAL CONFERENCE
• VOLUNTEER LINK
Volunteer for Conference
• WWW.TXLA.ORG
• EVENTS: ANNUAL CONFERENCE
• VOLUNTEER LINK
Join Your Professional Association
• Get Published!
• Get New Skills!
• Make Things Happen!!
• Help Steer the Profession!
• Get a Job!!!!
Join both ALA & TLA for $35
Normal student rate: $25 TLA, $30 ALA
Save $20!
www.ala.org
Member Groups and Communities
Chapters
Joint Membership Link
• http://tinyurl.com/d7jgdy
Contact Info
Ted Wanner
Texas Library Association
tedw@txla.org
www.txla.org
Or reach me through MyTLA