Alberta Library Conference 2006

The ALC 2007 website will be released August 2006.

Save-the-date for ALC 2007:
Jasper, Alberta
Thursday, April 26 - Sunday, April 29, 2007

All sessions, keynotes, pre-conferences, exhibits, author talks, and social events are TBA.

The Alberta Library Conference (ALC) 2007 Planning Committee invites proposals for sessions for next year’s conference in Jasper, Alberta on April 26-29, 2007.

The theme for ALC 2007 is:

A Class Act: Celebrating Alberta’s Libraries

The theme recognizes the Alberta Library Community’s strong focus on providing high quality library services and our leadership in the development of library service and education in public, academic, and K-12 libraries. It also ties in the idea of the celebrating the centennial of The Alberta Libraries Act and the addition of the Alberta School Library Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association (ASLC) (formerly known as LRC) to the conference planning committee this year.

Sessions may be of general interest to the library community in Alberta or directed towards the membership of the co-sponsoring organizations, the Alberta Library Trustees Association or the Library Association of Alberta, or the Alberta School Library Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association.

Please include with your proposal:

• the session title/proposed topic
• a brief abstract
• the target audience
• a brief summary of the speaker’s experience with the topic
• expected remuneration

Proposals for pre-conference full or half day sessions are also welcome.

Please email or fax session proposals by August 15th, 2006 to:

Marianne Graff
ALC Co-chair for LAA
mgraff@yrl.ab.ca
Fax: 780-962-2770

This year’s ALC co-chairs are:

Donna Phillips, Co-Chair for ALTA
dphillip@cable-lynx.net

Dianne Leong-Fortier, Co-Chair for ASLC 2007 (formerly the LRC)
djlfortier@cbe.ab.ca

Marianne Graff, Co-Chair for LAA
mgraff@yrl.ab.ca

Presentation materials from the conference are being made available as we receive them from session speakers:

Presentations At-A-Glance

Joan Frye Williams, a noted library consultant and futurist, shared with ALC 2006 delegates some of her thoughts and observations regarding library traditions and where library services need to move into the future.

She has kindly provided a handout which includes links to many of the websites she referred to in her keynote, as well as a copy of the presentation:

E1 - Joan Frye Williams Keynote Presentation (PDF 673 KB)
E1 - Joan Frye Williams Keynote Handout (PDF 82 KB) updated

Tell us what you think!

If you haven’t already filled out an ALC 2006 Evaluation please a take a minute and tell us what you thought of this year’s conference.

Watch for updates on the ALC website for conference presentations and details about ALC 2007.

The “smile” part of @ Your Service
The social side of the Alberta Library Conference 2006

Conferences aren’t only about the sessions - they are a great way to catch up with friends and colleagues from across the province as well as meet some new ones. This year, as always, your planning committee has been hard at work organizing a selection of opportunities for conference delegates to meet, greet and network in the wonderful setting of the Jasper Park Lodge.
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The following session has just been announced:

Session C7
Getting in on the Ground Floor: The Library’s Collaborative Role in Degree Planning presented by Nicolle Lemay

Grant MacEwan College in Edmonton is seeking approval to offer a four year Commerce degree. The LRC has had a role in this endeavour from an early point in the process. One aspect of the collaboration between library staff and the School of Business has been the development of a plan to integrate “professional skills”, including information literacy and research, into the third and fourth year curriculum. MacEwan Librarian Nicolle Lemay will discuss what they did, and what next steps they will take.

There are updates to the following sessions:

Session C7
Including the Socially Excluded: Community Development in Public Libraries
This session has been withdrawn by request of the speakers.

Session C1
Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources: Results of an OCLC Study
This session now has a confirmed speaker; it will be presented by Daniel Boivin.

Jasper Park Lodge (JPL) accommodation is now full.

For information on other accommodation options in Jasper, please visit the Jasper National Park accommodation guide.

The Alberta Library Conference Planning Committee is looking to fill the following two-year term committee positions that become available April 2006:

• Authors Talks Coordinator / Secretary
• Publications Coordinator
  (desktop publishing skills, access to Pagemaker or equivalent software, and design sensibility is an asset)

Please submit your application by March 1st, 2006.The Committee is inviting applications from volunteers who are members of the Alberta Library Trustees Association or the Library Association of Alberta.

The Planning Committee meets three times a year, usually in June, October and March. The meetings are always scheduled for a Saturday and have been held in Edmonton for the last few years.