All Sessions

The Chapter Leaders Forum, presented by the ALA Chapter Relations Committee at each ALA Midwinter and Annual, provides a great opportunity for Chapter Leaders (especially incoming leaders) to meet and discuss a full agenda on topics to help prepare them to lead an association. Topics have included Membership Development and Retention, New Revenue Ideas, Social Media, and Advocacy. This event requires advance registration and includes lunch.

The Executive Board is the governing body of Beta Phi Mu. It is empowered to set policy; authorize and dissolve chapters upon petition, review and adopt the annual budget, authorize expenditures for specific activities not included in the annual budget, provide leadership to the chapters through liaison with the Assembly, and initiate other activities to carry out the purposes of Beta Phi Mu.

Come learn how to create leaders not only able to adapt to change but also efficient in developing and implementing brand-new ideas and concepts for the betterment of your association.

The mission of the CRC is to develop and recognize Chapters as integral components of ALA; to encourage discussion, activities and programs that support the mutual interests of ALA and the Chapters; to provide a forum wherein Chapters can share ideas and concerns of common interest and identify common needs and goals; to communicate these Chapter needs and goals to ALA and ALA goals, programs and priorities to the Chapters; to encourage and maintain a cooperative and supportive relationship among ALA, its units, and the Chapters; to serve as an advisory committee to the Chapter Relations Office.

International Council of Library Association Executives (ICLAE) is comprised of ALA Chapter Executive Directors and other Chapter Leaders

A lecture on library history. Speakers:

Karen Cook, "Breaking the Chains: Freedom Libraries in the 1964 Mississippi Summer Project"
Cheryl Knott, "Questions of Access: The Institutionalization of Racial Segregation in Public Libraries in the First Half of the Twentieth Century"
Steven Harris, "Preserving the Union: ALA and Its Southern Chapters during the Civil Rights Movement"
Renate Chancellor, Respondent

Last April many libraries participated in Money Smart Week @ Your Library. Come hear the success stories, what's planned for next year, and how your library can participate next year!

The mission of the CRC is to develop and recognize Chapters as integral components of ALA; to encourage discussion, activities and programs that support the mutual interests of ALA and the Chapters; to provide a forum wherein Chapters can share ideas and concerns of common interest and identify common needs and goals; to communicate these Chapter needs and goals to ALA and ALA goals, programs and priorities to the Chapters; to encourage and maintain a cooperative and supportive relationship among ALA, its units, and the Chapters; to serve as an advisory committee to the Chapter Relations Office.

The Chapter Councilors Forum is conducted by the ALA Chapter Councilors on Monday, 4:00-5:30pm prior to the ALA Council Forum on Monday, 8:30-10:30pm