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President’s Report

Robert Withers, Miami University ALAO’s 35th Annual Conference was held on October 30, 2009 at the Roberts Centre in Wilmington, Ohio. Despite this year’s economic downturn, attendance was consistent with the previous year’s conference. Keynote speaker, Dr. Rush Miller, from … Continue reading

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Past President’s Report

Karen Wilhoit, Wright State Conference Site Selection ALAO held its annual conference at the end of October at the Roberts Centre in Wilmington.  This was the second consecutive year that the conference was held at this location, and as many … Continue reading

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Continuing Education Grant and Legislative Travel Grant Deadlines

Stephena Harmony, University of Cincinnati The ALAO Continuing Education Grant is awarded once a year to support the cost of participating in professional development opportunities. Current members are eligible to apply for any library related educational opportunity occurring during the … Continue reading

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Instruction Interest Group/Distance Learning Interest Group

Kathryn L. Venditti, Ashland University Library Save the Date! The Instruction Interest Group and the Distance Learning Interest Group will be co-sponsoring a Spring Workshop on Friday, March 12, 2010.  The Interest Groups’ planning committees are in the process of … Continue reading

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Diversity Committee

Kenneth J. Burhanna, Kent State University The ALAO Diversity Committee would like point out the following opportunity at Kent State University. Please consider sharing this with your student workers and other colleagues pursuing advanced degrees in Library Science. Kent State … Continue reading

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Support Staff Interest Group

Kathy Burns, Southern State Community College SSIG sponsored Library Informatics: A New Undergraduate Degree for Support Staff. Leslie Hammann, from Northern Kentucky University was the presenter. Ms. Hammann presented to a well attended audience, eager to learn about the program. … Continue reading

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People and Library News

Bowling Green State University Liz Tousey is the newest University Libraries employee at BGSU.  Liz began as the> Library Associate 2 in the Music Library & Sound Recordings Archives on November 2, 2009. Along with a recent degree from Kent … Continue reading

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Oct 2009 President's Report

Rob Withers, Miami University It’s hard to believe that October is already here, and that our 35th Annual Conference is coming up on October 30 at the Roberts Centre in Wilmington, Ohio. I’m fortunate to have worked with a wonderful … Continue reading

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Support Staff Interest Group

Kathy Burns, Southern State The SSIG members committee has been very busy. We had a meeting in July at Ohionet to discuss changes that we needed to make to improve ALAO’s Support Staff Interest Group. We had some great ideas; … Continue reading

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Curriculum Materials Center Interest Group

Kathy Yoder, Bowling Green The Curriculum Materials Center Interest Group has tentatively scheduled our spring workshop for May 21, 2010 at Bowling Green State University. Stay tuned for more updates and details.

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