ALIA Board Blog

The new ALIA Board met on 14 May, following a meeting of the old ALIA Board the day before. What were the highlights? Here are mine.

• Online voting for ALIA elections has got to be a highlight. We have a terrible rate of participation in our elections, and maybe one reason is that it is complicated to vote. So in 2009 we will have online elections, and we hope that they will be simpler and attract more of you to participate.
• We decided that the main theme for the National Advisory Congress this year will be professional development. The NAC is a series of meetings around the country for ALIA members and their friends. It is a chance to provide input to ALIA’s planning.
• More opportunities for input too - in the second half of 2008 we are planning a survey of all ALIA members, and we are placing great trust in this as a means of finding out what our members’ priorities are for ALIA, as well as how they see the current range of services.

These three highlights are all about your participation. And there are more opportunities for participation too - three conferences coming up:  Dreaming08 in September, the New Librarians Symposium in December, and Information Online in January. Something for everyone, or you can participate in all six. I will be.

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