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For those who may be attending ALA Mid-Winter: a forum on recruitment topics and initiatives.

-- Susana Tejada, ARLIS/NA Diversity Committee

Hello CODers, DivCouncilors, SACers, Spectrum Scholars and friends:

One of the most critical issues facing the profession is recruitment, specifically recruitment to reflect the ethnic, ethno-linguistic and racial diversity of the nation's shifting demographics.

The Office for Human Resources, Development, and Recruitment (HRDR) will sponsor an important Recruitment Assembly at Midwinter on Friday, January 14. It behooves those of us who are concerned with this issue to attend. This is a free event. Read below for more information or contact Darlena Davis at [log in to unmask]. Attendance should equip us to help lead our organizations towards best practices in recruiting and retaining a resonant, relevant and resource-ready workforce.

Tracie

--------------------From Julie Brewer <[log in to unmask]> 10/29/2004 10:13:39 AM----------------------------------

Recruitment---Who Cares?

Answer: Everyone who is thinking about the future of libraries!

Come to the ALA Library Career Recruitment Forum on January 14, 2005
from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Boston to learn more! Featured speakers
include Carla Hayden, Carol Brey-Casiano, Jim Matarazzo, Keith Curry
Lance, a panel of graduate library students from Simmons College and a
host of others. Afternoon talk tables will provide small group
discussions on a variety of recruitment topics and initiatives. Sample
recruiting materials and displays of best practices will be available to
participants. The prototype for the new ALA recruitment website will be
a highlight of the Forum and your feedback is needed.

There is no cost to attend the Forum. An optional lunch will be
available to registered participants. Register now by contacting
Darlena Davis, ALA Office for Human Resources Development and
Recruitment, at [log in to unmask].

See you January 14th!

Julie Brewer
ALA Recruitment Assembly

ALA Library Career Recruitment Forum ALA Midwinter Meeting Boston, January 14, 2005 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sponsored by ALA Recruitment Assembly
Time	Activity	Speakers
9:30 a.m.	Panel of graduate MLIS students	Moderator: Michele Cloonan, Dean, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College
10:30 a.m.	"Why I Love What I Do" Conversations	Allison Sutton, Assistant Professor and Psychology & Social Work Subject Specialist University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and former Spectrum Scholar
10:45 a.m.	Morning Break
11:00 a.m.	Four Approaches to Recruitment	Connie Paul, Executive Director, Central New Jersey Regional Library Cooperative; Veronda Pitchford, Coordinator of Membership Services, Chicago Multitype Library System; Daniel Barron, Director, School of Library and Information Science, University of South Carolina; Keith Curry Lance, Director, Library Research Service, Colorado State Library
Noon	Lunch Break
1:00 p.m.	The Numbers of Recruiting	James Matarazzo, Dean Emeritus, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College
2:00 p.m.	Talk Tables I: Recruiting in the Trenches	Small group discussions on recruitment topics and initiatives sponsored by ALA and its divisions, chapters, roundtables, affiliates and members
3:00 p.m.	Talk Tables II: Recruiting in the Trenches	Small group discussions on recruitment topics and initiatives sponsored by ALA and its divisions, chapters, roundtables, affiliates and members
4:00 p.m.	Recruiting: It's a Personal Thing	Carla Hayden, Past President, American Library Association
All Day	Display Tables and Videos	Sample recruitment materials from ALA and its divisions, chapters, roundtables, affiliates and members

Sponsored by ALA Recruitment Assembly