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Call for Nominations: Jay Ladd Distinguished Service and Kathryn Venditti Mentoring Awards

The ALAO Awards Committee is now accepting nominations for the 2024 Jay Ladd Distinguished Service Award and the Kathryn Venditti Mentoring Award. The Jay Ladd Distinguished Service Award recognizes an individual who has: Additional information about the Jay Ladd Distinguished … Continue reading

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Conference Planning Update: Save the Date!

Mark your calendars! The 2025 ALAO Annual Conference will take place on November 6th & 7th, 2025 at the OCLC Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. Our annual conference is a great opportunity to connect with colleagues from across the region, … Continue reading

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ALAO Remembers and Honors Ann Marie Smeraldi

Ann Marie Smeraldi, of Elyria passed away on Monday, September 2, 2024, at home with family. As an active member of ALAO many of us have had the pleasure to work with her on interest groups, conference planning committees and … Continue reading

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Notes from the Trenches

Join the AI Community of Practice (AI COP) for Academic Librarians As artificial intelligence rapidly transforms the landscape of academic libraries, many of us are seeking to understand and harness its potential. Enter AI COP (Community of Practice), a new … Continue reading

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Member Spotlight

Let’s shine the member spotlight on Vanessa Earp from Kent State University! What is/are your role(s) in academic libraries? In 2003 I started in my first professional library job as the Education Materials Center Librarian at Texas A&M Kingsville. In … Continue reading

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Membership Report

The current membership of ALAO includes a total of 285 members consisting of 240 regular members, 5 retiree members, and 40 student members. We are excited to welcome new members who joined between February 24, 2024 and August 29, 2024. … Continue reading

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Interest Groups News

Message from the Interest Group Coordinator Greetings! I hope everyone is having a great start to their new academic years. I will be staying on as IG Coordinator until 2026 and I look forward to continuing working with ALAO’s interest … Continue reading

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People & Library News

Bryant & Stratton College News Joseph Dudley (Bryant & Stratton College) is serving on the 2024 LD4 Conference Planning Committee and Social Subcommittee.  This year’s LD4 theme is Building Community for Linked Open Data, and the conference will take place … Continue reading

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President’s Report

Summer in Ohio is Here! Time again to close out another academic year at our institutions, and contemplate all those summer projects we’ve been meaning to get to.  One for me is keeping up with the front and back lawns … Continue reading

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Vice President/President Elect Report

Conference Date: November 7th Preconference and November 8th Conference, 2023 Conference Location: OCLC main campus in Dublin, Ohio On behalf of the 2024 Conference Planning Committee, I want to thank everyone who submitted session proposals for this year’s Conference!  We … Continue reading

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