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ALSC Committee Roster
This roster page includes information about ALSC priority groups, committees, discussion groups, and task forces. To quickly reach a particular committee's or discussion group's information, click on the alphabetic links below.
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Priority Group Consultants
Priority Group I: Child Advocacy
Starr LaTronica (2008-2010)
Four County Library System
Send Mail To: 8 Johnson Ave., Binghamton, NY 13905
PHONE: 607-723-8236, ext. 350
FAX: 607-723-1722
EMAIL: slatronica@4cls.org
Committees, Discussion Groups, and Task Forces in Priority Group I: Early Childhood Services & Programs, Intellectual Freedom, International Relations, Legislation, Library Service to Special Population Children and Their Caregivers, Preschool Services Discussion Group, Public Awareness (reconstituted from the @your library Campaign Task Force at Annual Conference 2007), School-Age Programs and Service
Priority Group II: Evaluation of Media
Dr. Claudette McLinn (Annual 2009-2011)
Los Angeles Unified School District
Send Mail To: 2681 Sasha Court, Simi Valley, CA, 93063
PHONE: 213-207-2264
FAX: 805-583-0207
EMAIL: cmclinn@aol.com
Committees, Discussion Groups, and Task Forces in Priority Group II: Great Interactive Software for Kids, Great Web Sites Committee, Notable Children's Books, Notable Children's Recordings, Notable Children's Videos, Task Force to Revise the Notable Children's Books Manual
Priority Group III: Awards and Scholarships
Caroline Parr (Annual 2008-2010)
Central Rappahannock Regional Library
1201 Caroline St.
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
PHONE: 540-372-1160
FAX: 540-373-9411
EMAIL: cparr@crrl.org
Committees, Discussion Groups, and Task Forces in Priority Group III: ALSC/BWI Summer Reading Program Grant, (May Hill) Arbuthnot Honor Lecture, (Louise Seaman) Bechtel Fellowship, Distinguished Service Award, (Maureen) Hayes Award, Penguin Young Readers Group Award, Scholarships: Melcher and Bound to Stay Bound
Priority Group IV: Organizational Support
Amanda Moss Struckmeyer (Annual 2009-2011)
Middleton Public Library
Send Mail To: 947 East Gorham St. #1, Madison, WI 53703
PHONE: 608-256-9737
EMAIL: amandacmoss@gmail.com
Committees, Discussion Groups, and Task Forces in Priority Group IV: Budget, Charlemae Rollins, Local Arrangements, Membership, Nominating, Oral History Committee, Organization & Bylaws, Preconference Planning, Program Coordinating, National Institute Planning Task Force, Friends Task Force
Priority Group V: Awards
Sandra Imdieke (Annual 2009-2011)
Northern Michigan University
Send Mail To: 1106 N. McClelland Ave., Marquette, MI 49855
PHONE: 906-227-2128
FAX: 906-227-2724
EMAIL: simdieke@nmu.edu
Committees, Discussion Groups, and Task Forces in Priority Group VI: (Mildred L.) Batchelder Award Selection, (Pura) Belpré Award Selection, (Randolph) Caldecott Award Selection, (Andrew) Carnegie Award Selection, (Theodor Seuss) Geisel Award Selection, (John) Newbery Award Selection, Odyssey Award Selection, (Robert F.) Sibert Informational Book Award Selection, (Laura Ingalls) Wilder Selection, Belpré Questions Task Force
Priority Group VI: Partnerships
Laurina Cashin (Annual 2009-2011)
We Love Children's Books
191 Water Street
Ambler, PA 19002
PHONE: 609-502-8146
EMAIL: lcashin@welovechildrensbooks.com
Committees, Discussion Groups, and Task Forces in Priority Group VII: Liaison with National Organizations Serving Children and Youth, Public Library-School Partnerships Discussion Group, Quicklists Consulting Committee, PLA/ALSC Every Child Ready to Read Evaluation Task Force, AASL/ALSC/YALSA Interdivisional Committee on School/Public Library Cooperation
Priority Group VII: Professional Development
Judith Rovenger (2007-2010)
Westchester Library System
540 White Plains Rd., suite 200
Tarrytown, NY 10591-5110
PHONE: 914-231-3236
FAX: 914-674-4185
EMAIL: rovenger@wlsmail.org
Committees, Discussion Groups, and Task Forces in Priority Group VIII: Children and Libraries Editorial Advisory, Children and Technology, Children's Book Discussion Group, Children's Collection Management Discussion Group, Collections of Children's Books for Adult Research Discussion Group, Education, Managing Children's Services, Managing Children's Services Discussion Group, Special Collections and Bechtel Fellowship, Storytelling Discussion Group
Committees
AASL/ALSC/YALSA Interdivisional Committee on School/Public Library Cooperation
Mari Hardacre, Chair, YALSA (Annual 2009-2010)
Manager, Young Adult Services
Allen County Public Library
900 Library Plaza
Fort Wayne, IN 46802
PHONE: 260-421-1256
EMAIL: mhardacre@acpl.lib.in.us
Function Statement: To identify, develop, promote, and disseminate information on effective cooperative or collaborative projects that link schools and public libraries. The committee will maintain and update the resources that have been compiled on the ALA Web site, develop training workshops and/or programs on cooperative or collaborative projects and present them at conferences and institutes and for other organizations serving youth, and detail findings in articles and books for division publications.
Membership: 9 attendant and 3 virtual members, 4 from each of the divisions (3 attendant and 1 virtual from each; appointed by each division's President-Elect)
Term: 2 year, spring (In order that appointment expirations are staggered, half of the appointments made during the first year will be for one year.
Chair: The chair of the committee will rotate among the three divisions as follows, and will be one of that division's four members: 2006-07 chair will be a member of YALSA, appointed by the YALSA President-Elect; 2007-08 chair will be a member of AASL, appointed by the AASL President-Elect; 2008-09 chair will be a member of ALSC, appointed by the ALSC President-Elect.
AASL/ALSC/YALSA Interdivisional Committee on School and Public Library Cooperation Committee Roster
AASL/ALSC/YALSA Interdivisional Committee reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
(May Hill) Arbuthnot Lecture
Kristi Elle Jemtegaard, 2010 Chair (Midwinter 2008-2010)
Arlington Public Library
1015 N. Quincy St.
Arlington, VA 22201
PHONE: 703-228-5980
FAX: 703-228-7697
EMAIL: kjemtegaard@arlingtonva.us
Carol Edwards, 2011 Chair (Midwinter 2009-2011)
Denver Public Library
10 W. 14th St. Pkwy.
Denver, CO 80204
PHONE: 720-865-1307
FAX: 720-865-1470
EMAIL: cedwards@denverlibrary.org
Function Statement: To choose annually an individual of distinction who shall prepare and present a paper which shall be a significant contribution to the field of children’s literature; to select a host institution and make appropriate arrangements for the presentation of the lecture; to arrange for publication of lecture in Children and Libraries.
Membership: Chair + 4
Term: Fall, 2-year
2010 Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Committee Roster
2011 Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Committee Roster
Arbuthnot Committee reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
(Mildred L.) Batchelder Award 2010
Annette Goldsmith, Chair (Midwinter 2009-2010)
Florida State University College of Information
Send mail to: 1320 Conservancy Drive East, Tallahassee, FL 32312
PHONE: 850-894-1479
EMAIL: agoldsmith.fsu@gmail.com
Function Statement: To select from the books published the preceding year the most outstanding book originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country and subsequently published in English in the United States.
Established: 1966
Membership: Chair + 4
Term: Fall, 2 year (Note: The term is for a single year's award. Attendance at the first Midwinter Meeting and the last Annual Conference is optional but strongly encouraged, per Board action at Annual Conference 2006.)
Batchelder Award Selection Committee Roster
Batchelder Committee reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
Belpré Award Selection Committee 2010
Lucía González, Chair (Midwinter 2009-2010)
Broward County Library
Associate Director for Programming and Youth Services
Send mail to: 16410 Miami Drive Apt 404, North Miami Beach, FL 33162
PHONE: 954-357-7501
EMAIL: gonzalez1575@bellsouth.net
Function Statement: To select from the books published the preceding year in the United States or Puerto Rico to recognize outstanding original works written or illustrated by a Latino/Latina author or illustrator, that portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino/Latina cultural experience
Established: 1996
Membership: Chair + 6 (Three members from ALSC/three members from REFORMA - Chair alternates)
Term: Fall, 2 year
Belpré Committee Roster
Belpré Committee reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
Budget
Andrew Medlar, Chair (Annual 2006-2010)
Chicago Public Library
400 S. State St., 10S
Chicago, IL 60605
PHONE: 312-747-4084
FAX: 312-747-4076
EMAIL: amedlar@chipublib.org
Function Statement: To advise the ALSC Executive Director in preparation of an annual budget based on the priorities established by the Board; to submit the budget to the ALSC Board for approvl; to review for the ALSC Board division activities for fiscal implications; to review for the ALSC Board, on a regular basis, the dues structure and to prepare and submit to the ALSC Board periodic analysis of the finances of the division; to review ALSC's fiscal relationship to ALA and other divisions and to act as liaisons for the ALSC Board to the Planning and Budget Assembly (PG-IV).
Established: June 1971
Membership: Chair, two Members-at-Large, the Fiscal Officer, and the Past President. The Executive Director and Vice President are ex-officio members.
Term: Spring, 2 year
Note: Chair also serves on ALA Planning and Budget Assembly
Budget Committee Roster
Budget Committee reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
(Randolph) Caldecott Award Selection 2010
Rita Auerbach, 2010 Chair (Midwinter 2009-2010)
140 West End Ave. #12J
New York, NY 10023-6144
PHONE: 212-877-0577
FAX: 631-475-3431
EMAIL: rita.auerbach@alum.barnard.edu
Judy Zuckerman, 2011 Chair (Midwinter 2010-2011)
Assistant Director, Neighborhood Services
Brooklyn Public Library
10 Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn, NY 11238-5619
718-230-2236
j.zuckerman@brooklynpubliclibrary.org
Function Statement: To select from the books published the preceding year within the terms, definitions, and criteria governing the awards, the most distinguished American picture book for children.
Established: 1938
Membership: Chair + 14
Term: Fall, 2 year (Note: The term is for a single year's award. Attendance at the first Midwinter Meeting and the last Annual Conference is optional but strongly encouraged, per Board action at Annual Conference 2006.)
Caldecott Award Selection Committee Roster
Caldecott Committee reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
Carnegie Award Selection 2010
Joan Kindig, Chair (Midwinter 2009-2010)
Associate Professor
James Madison University
2130 Nandina Court
Charlottesville, VA 22911
PHONE: 434-242-5982
FAX: 434-973-4484
EMAIL: jskreader@earthlink.net
Function Statement: To select from the videos produced the preceding year within the terms, definitions, and criteria governing the award, the most distinguished American video for children.
Established: June, 1990
Membership: Chair + 8
Term: Fall, 2 year (Note: The term is for a single year's award. Attendance at the first Midwinter Meeting and the last Annual Conference is optional but strongly encouraged, per Board action at Annual Conference 2006.)
Carnegie Award Selection Committee Roster
Carnegie Committee reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
Charlemae Rollins President's Program 2009
Dr. Eliza T. Dresang, Chair (Annual 2009-2010)
Beverly Cleary Professor for Children and Youth Services
University of Washington
The Information School, Box 352840
370 Mary Gates Hall
Seattle, WA 98195-2840
PHONE: 206-685-9937
FAX: 206-616-3152
EMAIL: edresang@u.washington.edu
Susannah Richards (Annual 2009-2010)
Eastern Connecticut State University
Send Mail To: 974 Storrs Road, Storrs Manfield, CT 06268-2611
PHONE: 860-465-5001
FAX: 860-465-5004
EMAIL: susannahr@commongroup.net
Children and Libraries Editorial Advisory
Sharon Deeds, Chair (Midwinter 2008-2010)
DeKalb County Public Library
215 Sycamore St.
Decatur, GA 30030
PHONE: 404-370-8450 x2235
FAX: 404-370-8469
EMAIL: DeedsS@dekalblibrary.org
Function Statement: To determine editorial policy for Children and Libraries subject to review by the ALSC Board of Directors; to suggest themes for forthcoming issues; to recommend resource people for articles and review; to review materials for publication upon request by the editor(s).
Established: 2002
Membership: Chair + 6: 3 attendant members and 3 non-attendant members, who attend CAL Editorial Advisory Committee Meetings when present at conferences; ALSC President & CAL Editor serve ex-officio.
Term: Midwinter - 2 years
Children and Libraries Editorial Advisory Committee Roster
Children and Libraries Committee reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
Children and Technology
Amber Creger, Chair (Annual 2009-2010)
Chicago Public Library, Woodson Regional Library
9525 S. Halsted Street
Chicago, IL 60628
PHONE: 312-747-6917
FAX: 312-747-3396
EMAIL: acreger@chipublib.org
Function Statement: To educate and encourage youth librarians to be leaders on technology issues in their institutions. To identify technology issues impacting youth librarians and to disseminate information to the membership on these issues through programs, training opportunities, and publications both traditional and electronic.
Established: February 1997
Membership: Chair + 9, 2 of whom may function virtually without being required to attend conferences (virtual membership approved by Board vote at Midwinter 2007)
Term: Spring, 2 year
Children and Technology Committee Roster
Children and Technology Committee reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
Children's Book Discussion Group
Volunteer convenor sought! Contact: Aimee Strittmatter, Executive Director, astrittmatter@ala.org
Function Statement: To provide a forum for the discussion and evaluation of children's books.
Established: 1998
Children's Collection Development in Public Libraries Discussion Group
Volunteer convenor sought! Contact: Aimee Strittmatter, Executive Director, astrittmatter@ala.org
Children's Collection Development in Public Libraries Discussion Group reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
Collections of Children's Books for Adult Research Discussion Group
Carolyn Brodie, Co-Convenor
Kent State University School of Library & Information Science
314 Library
Kent, OH 44242
PHONE: (330) 672-0012
EMAIL: cbrodie@kent.edu
Sylvia Marantz, Co-Convenor
Send Mail To: 2056 Middlesex Rd.
Columbus, OH 43220
PHONE: (614) 457-5169
EMAIL: marantz.1@osu.edu
Function Statement: To provide a forum for discussion of common issues and concerns in children's collection development and maintenance.
Established: 2003
Collections of Children's Books for Adult Research Discussion Group reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
Distinguished Service Award
Cynthia K. Richey, Chair (Midwinter 2009-2010)
Mt. Lebanon Public Library
Send Mail To: 99 Inglewood Dr., Pittsburgh, PA 15228-1503
PHONE: 412-531-1912
FAX: 412-531-1161
EMAIL: richeyc@einetwork.net
Function Statement: To administer annually an award to recognize an individual who has made a significant contribution to children’s services and ALSC.
Established: 1990
Membership: Chair + 4
Term: Midwinter, 1 year
Distinguished Service Award Selection Committee Roster
Distinguished Service Committee reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
Early Childhood Programs & Services
Melanie Huggins, Chair (Annual 2009-2010)
Executive Director
Richland County Pubilc Library
1431 Assembly Street
Columbia, SC 29201
PHONE: 803-929-3422
EMAIL: mhuggins@myrcpl.com
Function Statement: To recommend action for coordinated community service to early childhood, recommend media lists, and encourage training workshop action programs to get families of young children into closer library involvement. To draw up plans for adult, young adult, and children's departments to work together recruiting and training volunteers to work with small children and books. To initiate activities or projects in these areas appropriate to ALSC's field of responsibility.
Established: June 1972
Membership: Chair + 7
Term: Spring, 2 year
Early Childhood Programs & Services Committee Roster
Early Childhood Committee reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
Education
Sarah Howard, Chair (Annual 2009-2010)
Daniel Boone Regional Library
100 W. Broadway
Columbia, MO 65203
PHONE: 573-817-7045
FAX: 573-499-0191
EMAIL: showard@dbrl.org
Function Statement: To review the elements considered essential to the formal academic continuing education of children’s librarians. To inform the ALSC Board of members’ needs and concerns regarding continuing education, and to assist in the initiation of programs and new publications to meet these needs and concerns. To be responsible for periodic review of ALSC Competencies. To represent ALSC at appropriate ALA committees, councils, and assemblies, and to serve as a liaison to these bodies as directed by the ALSC Board.
Established: June 1979
Membership: Five members, including the chairperson, who shall serve as ALSC’s liaison with SCOLE and as representative to the ALA Library Education Assembly.
Term: Spring, 2 year
Education Committee Roster
Education Committee reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
(Theodor Seuss) Geisel Award Selection 2010
Susan Veltfort, Chair (Midwinter 2009-2010)
Selection Librarian, Children's Materials
King County Library System
Send mail to: 3601 E. Cherry Street, Seattle, WA 98122
PHONE: 425-369-3330
FAX: 425-369-3332
EMAIL: susanv@kcls.org
Function Statement: To select from the books published the preceding year within the terms, definitions and criteria governing the awards, the most distinguished American book for beginning readers.
Established: 2005
Membership: Chair + 6
Term: Fall, 2 year (Note: The term is for a single year's award. Attendance at the first Midwinter Meeting and the last Annual Conference is optional but strongly encouraged, per Board action at Annual Conference 2006.)
Geisel Award Selection Committee Roster
Geisel Committee reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
Grant Administration Committee
Linda Ernst, Chair (Annual 2009-2010)
6012 140th Ave. SE
Bellevue, WA 98006-4376
PHONE:206-296-5065
EMAIL: lindaern@kcls.org
Function Statement: To select annually the recipient of the ALSC/Book Wholesalers Summer Reading Program Grant for an outstanding public library summer reading program for children. To select annually the recipient of the Maureen Hayes Award, given to an ALSC member library to fund a visit from an author and/or illustrator who will speak to children who have never before had the opportunity to hear a nationally-known author or illustrator. To select annually the recipient(s) of the Penguin Young Readers Group Award, given to children's librarians to attend their first ALA Annual Conference. To select annually the libraries that will receive a Bookapalooza collection of materials to be used in a way that creatively enhances their library service to children and families. To prepare and disseminate to the membership information about each grant and the recipients."
Membership: Chair + 8 (2 co-chairs for the first year only)
Term: Spring, 2 year
Past ALSC/BWI Committee reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
Past Hayes Committee reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
Past Penguin Committee reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
Great Interactive Software for Kids
Angelique Kopa, Chair (Midwinter 2008-2010)
Harford County Public Library
1221-A Brass Mill Road
Belcamp, MD 21017
PHONE: 410-273-5600 ext. 2272
FAX: 410-273-5606
EMAIL: kopa@hcplonline.info
Function Statement: To select, annotate, and present for publication, within the criteria and procedures established for selection, a biannual list of exemplary computer software and multi-platform media currently available. To define and develop guidelines and criteria for the evaluation of interactive software and electronic media.
Established: January 1987
Membership: Chair + 5
Term: Fall, 2 year
Great Interactive Software for Kids Committee Roster
Great Interactive Software Committee reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
Great Web Sites
Meagan Albright, Co-Chair (Midwinter 2009-2010)
Alvin Sherman Library, Research and Information Technology Ctr., NSU
3100 Ray Ferrero, Jr., Blvd.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33314-1013
EMAIL: ameagan@nova.edu
Sharon Haupt, Co-Chair (Midwinter 2009-2010)
San Luis Coastal Unified School District
Send Mail To: 1735 La Luna Ct., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405
PHONE: 805-596-4117
FAX: 805-543-1917
EMAIL: shaupt@slcusd.org
Function Statement: To administer and evaluate the list of ALA/ALSC Great Web Sites for Kids within the criteria and procedures established for selection and reconsideration. To complete other Web site selection tasks as appropriate. To maintain communication with the Children and Technology Committee. To work closely with the ALSC staff liaison and the director of the ALA Public Information Office. The committee will function electronically.
Established: 1999, as 700+ GreatSites Task Force
Membership: Chair, Co-chair + 7
Term: Fall, 2 year
Great Web sites for Kids Committee Roster
Great Web sites Committee reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
Intellectual Freedom
Michael Santangelo, Chair (Annual 2008-2010)
Brooklyn Public Library
Send Mail To: 659 Vanderbilt Avenue #2
Brooklyn, NY 11238
PHONE: 718-230-2746
FAX: 718-230-2097
EMAIL: m.santangelo@brooklynpubliclibrary.org
Function Statement: To serve as a liaison between the division and the ALA Intellectual Freedom
Committee and all other groups within the association concerned with intellectual freedom. To advise the division on matters before the Office for Intellectual Freedom and their implication for library service to children and to make recommendations to the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee for changes in policies involving library service to children; to promote in-service and continuing education programs in the area of intellectual freedom for those who select library material for children.
Established: July 1974
Membership: Chair + 6
Term: Spring, 2 year
Note: Chair also serves as a representative to the ALA Freedom to Read Foundation
Intellectual Freedom Committee Roster
Intellectual Freedom Committee reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
Legislation
Chair TBD
Function Statement: To serve as a channel of communication on legislative matters between the ALA Legislation Committee and the Division, recommending to the ALSC Board changes as necessary in federal, state, and local legislation proposed by the ALA Legislation Committee, and advise on ALSC interests in the proposals before ALA Council. To call to the attention of the ALA Legislation Committee and to recommend to the ALSC Board endorsement or revision of legislation affecting children that might be proposed or supported by ALA Legislation Committee.
Established: 1974
Membership: Chair + 6; Chair serves as ALSC representative to the ALA Legislative Assembly. One member to be a current of past (within three years) ALSC Board member. A staff member from the ALA Washington office to be invited to serve ex-officio.
Term: Spring, 3 year
Legislation Committee Roster
Legislation Committee reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
Liaison with National Organizations Serving Children & Youth
Marna Elliott, Co-Chair (Annual 2008-2010)
Bridgewater Library, Somerset County Library System
Send Mail To: PO Box 342, Kingston, NJ 08528
PHONE: 908-526-4016 x127
EMAIL: melliott@sclsnj.org
Co-Chair TBD
Function Statement: To explore, recommend, initiate, and implement ways of working with organizations that serve children or work for their benefit; to promote libraries and reading to these organizations; and to promote awareness of these organizations' activities, services, and informational materials to ALSC members.
Established: 1968
Membership: 2 co-chairs + 14 (each member responsible for 2 organizations)
Term: Spring, 3-year
Liaison with National Organizations Serving Children and Youth Committee Roster
Liaison Committee reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
Library Service to Special Population Children & Their Caregivers
Barbara Klipper, Chair (Annual 2009-2010)
Ferguson Library, Main Library
Send Mail To: 7 Mead St., Stamford, CT 06907-1643
PHONE: 203-964-1000 ext. 243
FAX: 203-359-6750
EMAIL: bklipper@fergusonlibrary.org
Function Statement: To speak for special populations children and their caregivers; these may include those who have learning or physical differences, those who are speaking English as a second language, those who are in a non-traditional school environment, those who are in non-traditional family settings (such as teen parents, foster children, children in the juvenile justice system, and children in gay and lesbian families), and those who need accommodation service to meet their needs. To offer leadership in discovering, developing, and disseminating information about library materials, programs, and facilities for special population children and their caregivers; to develop and maintain guidelines for selection of useful and relevant materials; and to discuss, develop, and suggest ways in which library education programs can prepare librarians to serve these children and their caregivers.
Membership: Chair + 6
Term: Spring, 2 year
Library Service to Special Population Children and Their Caregivers Committee Roster
Library Service to Special Population Children Committee reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
Local Arrangements Committee (Annual 2010, Washington, DC)
Christopher J. Borawski, Co-Chair
Montgomery County Public Libraries-Silver Spring Branch
Send Mail To: 8560 2nd Avenue, #1112, Silver Spring, MD 20910
PHONE: 240-773-9415
FAX: 301-565-7301
EMAIL: christopher.borawski@montgomerycountymd.gov
Maralita (Micki) Freeny, Co-Chair
District of Columbia Public Library
Send Mail To: 7201 Rhode Island Ave., College Park, MD 20740
PHONE: 202-727-2313
FAX: 202-727-1129
EMAIL: maralitalf@yahoo.com
Local Arrangements Roster
Managing Children's Services
Sarah English, Chair (Annual 2009-2010)
Omaha Public Library
Send Mail To: 4601 Pacific St., Omaha, NE 68106-2027
PHONE: 402-444-4808
EMAIL: senglish@omahapubliclibrary.org
Function Statement: To identify issues relating to the management of children's services; to determine if these issues are being addressed by other Divisions or Committees; to cooperate as appropriate; and to initiate action to address these issues. Issues may be referred to the committee by the ALSC Board or the Managing Children's Services Discussion Group.
Established: January 1990
Membership: Chair + 9, plus one LAMA liaison
Term: Spring, 2 year
Managing Children's Services Committee Roster
Managing Children's Services Committee reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
Managing Children's Services Discussion Group
Carol Phillips, Co-Convenor
East Brunswick Public Library
2 Jean Waling Civic Ctr.
East Brunswick, NJ 08816-3549
PHONE: (732) 390-6789
FAX: (732) 390-6761
EMAIL: cphillips@ebpl.org
Alison O'Reilly, Co-Convenor
Austin Public Library
Send Mail To: 3200 S. 1st St., #611, Austin, TX 78704
EMAIL: aaoreilly@gmail.com
Cheryl Kallberg, Co-Convenor
Brooklyn Public Library
Office of Neighborhood Services
Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn, NY 11238
PHONE: (718) 230-2232
EMAIL: c.kallberg@brooklynpubliclibrary.org
Function Statement: To provide a forum for discussion of concerns of ALSC members that relate to managing children's services, to provide an opportunity to share management expertise, and to lend support to children's specialists, especially those new to ALA/ALSC.
Established: 1980
Managing Children's Services Discussion Group reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
Membership
Tony Carmack, Chair (Annual 2009-2010)
Ashburn Library
43316 Hay Road
Ashburn, VA 20147
PHONE: 703-737-8105
FAX: 703-737-8101
EMAIL: tony.carmack@loudoun.gov
Function Statement: To plan campaigns for recruiting and securing new members for ALSC at the national, state, regional, and local level. To serve as a channel for communication on membership matters between the ALA Membership Promotion Task Force and the division. To plan and assume responsibility for conference orientation sessions and to welcome and introduce new members to ALSC purposes and procedures.
Established: 1976
Membership: Chair + 10
Term: Spring, 2 year
Membership Committee Roster
Membership Committee reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
Katie O'Dell, 2010 Chair (Midwinter 2009-2010)
Multnomah County Library
Send Mail To: 3512 NE 27th Ave., Portland, OR 97212
PHONE: 503-988-6002
FAX: 503-988-5441
EMAIL: kodell@multcolib.org
Cynthia K. Richey, 2011 Chair (Midwinter 2010-2011)
Director, Mount Lebanon Public Library
Send mail to: 99 Inglewood Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15228-1503
412-942-0922
richeyc@einetwork.net
Function Statement: To select from the books published the preceding year within the terms, definitions, and criteria governing the awards, the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
Established: 1922
Membership: Chair + 14
Term: Fall, 2 year (Note: The term is for a single year's award. Attendance at the first Midwinter
Meeting and the last Annual Conference is optional but strongly encouraged, per Board action at
Annual Conference 2006
Newbery Award Selection Committee Roster
Newbery Committee reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
Nominating Committee
Kathleen T. Horning, Chair, 2009 Committee, for 2010 Ballot (Midwinter 2009-2010)
Cooperative Center for Children's Books
4290 Helen C. White Hall
600 N. Park St.
Madison, WI 53706
PHONE: 608-263-3721
FAX: 608-262-4933
EMAIL: horning@education.wisc.edu
Function Statement: To select candidates for election for the following year. To select candidates to fill any occurring vacancies.
Established: 1967
Membership: Chair + 4; Immediate Past-President to be appointed to serve on the committee.
Term: Fall, 1 year
Nominating Committee Roster
Nominating Committee reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
Notable Children's Books 2010
Dr. Eliza T. Dresang, Chair (Midwinter 2009-2010)
Beverly Cleary Professor for Children and Youth Services
University of Washington
The Information School, Box 352840
370 Mary Gates Hall
Seattle, WA 98195-2840
PHONE: 206-685-9937
FAX: 206-616-3152
EMAIL: edresang@u.washington.edu
Function Statement: To select, annotate, and present for publication annually the list of notable children's books of the preceding year.
Established: 1940
Membership: Chair + 10
Term: Fall, 2 year
Notable Children's Books Committee Roster
Notable Children's Books Committee reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
Notable Children's Recordings 2010
Janet Weber, Chair (Midwinter 2009-2010)
Youth Services Librarian
Tigard Public Library
13500 SW Hall Blvd.
Tigard, OR 97223
PHONE: 503-718-2653
FAX: 503-598-7515
EMAIL: janetw@tigard-or.gov
Function Statement: To select, annotate, and present for publication an annual list of notable audio recordings, disc or tape form, of interest to children. To re-evaluate and recommend change as needed in the ALSC Criteria for Selection of Recordings of Interest to Children. To identify titles for consideration by other committees evaluating for a specific clientele or purpose. To carry on other audio recording evaluation projects as assigned by the ALSC Board.
Established: January 1974
Membership: Chair + 8
Term: Fall, 2 year
Notable Children's Recordings Committee Roster
Notable Children's Recordings Committee reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
Notable Children's Videos 2010
Sue Rokos, Chair (Midwinter 2009-2010)
Assistant Director/Youth Services Consultant
Mohawk Valley Library System
858 Duanesburg Rd.
Schenectady, NY 12306
PHONE: 518-355-2010 ext.226
srokos@mvls.info
Function Statement: To select, annotate, and present for publication annually a list of notable
videotapes and video- discs of interest to children, available for use in homes and libraries, produced in the calendar year immediately prior to the date of their selection. To re-evaluate and to recommend changes as needed in the ALSC criteria for notable videotapes and videodiscs of interest to children. To identify titles for consideration by other committees evaluating for specific clientele or purpose. To carry on other video evaluation projects as assigned by the ALSC Board.
Established: January 1964
Membership: Chair + 10
Term: Fall, 2 year
Notable Children's Videos Committee Roster
Notable Children's Videos Committee reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
ALSC/Booklist/YALSA Odyssey Award Selection 2010
Sharon Grover, Chair (Midwinter 2009-2010)
Head of Youth Services
Hedberg Public Library
Send mail to: 1415 N. Henke Road, Janesville, WI 53546
PHONE: 608-758-6584
sharon.grover@yahoo.com
Function Statement: To select annually the best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults, available in English in the United States and, if desired, to also select honor titles.
Established: 2007
Membership: Chair + 8 (4 YALSA, 4 ALSC) + Booklist consultant
Term: Fall, one year
Odyssey Award Selection Committee Roster
Odyssey Committee reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
Oral History Committee
Floyd C. Dickman, Chair (Annual 2009-2010)
470 Long Trail
Ostrander, OH 43061-9007
PHONE: 740-666-0950
EMAIL: fdickman@columbus.rr.com
Function Statement: To continue to collect audiotaped interviews and individual recollections of leaders in the Association for Library Service to Children for the ALSC Oral History Collection; to report annually to the Board on the status of the Collection; to participate actively and to engage the participation of others in the further development of the Collection through interviewing, reviewing individual tapes, preserving and reformatting, working to improve access to the Collection, and calling the Collection to the attention of researchers who would find it useful.
Established: 2001
Membership: Chair + 8, two of whom may function virtually and are not required to attend conferences.
Term: Spring
Oral History Committee Roster
Oral History Committee reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
Organization & Bylaws
Julie Dietzel-Glair, Co-Chair (Annual 2008-2010)
Enoch Pratt Free Library
400 Cathedral St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
PHONE: 410-545-0701
FAX: 443-984-3762
EMAIL: jdglair@prattlibrary.org
Susan Pine, Co-Chair (Annual 2009-2010)
New York Public Library
455 5th Ave.
New York, NY 10016
PHONE: 212-340-0905
FAX: 212-340-0988
EMAIL: spine@nypl.org
Function Statement: To develop for presentation to the Board of Directors a plan for the structure and function of each new committee or discussion group. To study, review and, if necessary, make recommendations to the Board for revision of structure or function, addition, or discontinuation of committees and discussion groups. To make recommendations to the Board on organizational matters affecting ALSC as a whole, and to serve as liaison with the ALA Committee on Organization upon request of the Board. To serve, upon request, in an advisory capacity to priority group consultants, committee, and discussion groups on organizational matters in ALSC or between ALSC and other ALA divisions. To consider, develop, and present to the Board and subsequently to membership, suggested amendments to the Bylaws. To assist in interpretation of the Bylaws to the Board, the membership, and the ALA Constitution and Bylaws Committee.
Membership: Chair + 4 (or 2 Co-Chairs + 3)
Term: Spring, 2 year
Organization and Bylaws Committee Roster
Organization and Bylaws Committee reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
Preconference Planning (Annual 2010, Washington, DC)
Wendy Lukehart, Chair (Annual 2008-2010)
District of Columbia Public Library
Send Mail To: 512 Boston Ave., Takoma Park, MD 20912-4150
PHONE: 202-727-1101
FAX: 202-727-0245
EMAIL: wendy.lukehart@dc.gov
Preconference Planning Committee Roster
Preconference Planning Committee reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
Preschool Services Discussion Group
Linda Ernst, Co-Convenor
King County Library System
14250 SE Newport Way
Bellevue, WA 98006
E-Mail: lindaern@kcls.org
Sue McCleaf Nespeca, Co-Convenor
Kid Lit Plus Consulting
1743 Ridgelawn Ave.
Youngstown, OH 44509
PHONE: (330) 799-0310
FAX: (330) 799-0310
EMAIL: sue@kidlitplus.com
Function Statement: To provide a forum for discussion of concerns that relate to preschool services.
Established: 1989
Preschool Services Discussion Group reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
Program Coordinating
Diane Janoff, Chair (Annual 2009-2010)
Queens Library-Poppenhusen
12123 14th Ave.
College Point, NY 11356
PHONE: 718-359-1102 ext. 206
EMAIL: diane.janoff@queenslibrary.org
Function Statement: To serve as a liaison between ALSC committees and groups who are developing programs for conferences, institutes and pre-conferences to ensure quality and eliminate overlap. To work within the organization to encourage and stimulate creative programming that will provide a wide range of themes and topics appealing to a diverse membership. To review programs proposals for membership appeal, relevancy, quality and value. To provide support in actual planning and implementation once approved.
Established: July 2000
Membership: Chair + 5, including the past chair who serves an additional year as the ALSC representative to the ALA Conference Planning Coordinating Team (CPCT).
Term: Spring, 2 year
Program Coordinating Committee Roster
Program Coordinating Committee reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
Public Awareness
Michele Farley, Chair (Annual 2009-2010)
Indiana State Library
140 N. Senate Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46204
PHONE: 317-234-5649
FAX: 317-738-9635
EMAIL: mfarley@library.in.gov
Function Statement: To promote awareness of the value of excellent library service for all children. To plan, execute, coordinate, and disseminate public awareness campaigns about the importance of library service for youth. To provide public awareness learning opportunities for library staff and other stakeholders.
Established: 2004 as ALSC Kids! Campaign Task Force; 2007 became Public Awareness (standing) Committee
Membership: Chair, plus eight members.
Term: Spring, 2 year. One member to be liaison from current ALSC Board. One member to serve as liaison to ALA’s Advocacy Coordinating Group.
Public Awareness Committee Roster
Public Awareness Committee reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
Public Library/School Partnership Discussion Group
Susan L. Stonesifer, Convenor
Miller Branch Library, Howard County Library
9421 Frederick Road
Ellicott City, MD 21042
PHONE: 410-313-1978
EMAIL:stonesis@hclibrary.org
Function Statement: To provide a forum for the discussion of cooperative or collaborative projects that link schools and local public libraries.
Established: 1998
Public Library/School Library Partnership Discussion Group reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
Quicklists Consulting
Victor Schill, Co-Chair (Annual 2008-2010)
Harris County Public Library/Fairbanks Branch
7122 N. Gessner
Houston, TX 77040
PHONE: 713-466-4438
FAX: 713-466-9757
EMAIL: victors47@yahoo.com
Maureen White, Co-Chair (Annual 2009-2010)
University of Houston At Clear Lake
Sent Mail To: 25 Tiffany Lane, Canyon, TX 79015
PHONE: 281-283-3577
FAX: 281-283-3630
EMAIL: white@uhcl.edu
Function Statement: To serve as consultants and to promote books and other resources through recommendations, compilations of lists, and related services for mass media, individuals, and institutions/organizations involved in the production of programs, films, and other materials/services for children. Requests will be made through the ALSC Office. Quicklists Consulting Committee will function electronically. Attendance at conference will be optional with the exception of the committee chairs.
Established: January 1978
Membership: 2 co-chairs appointed in alternating years, plus 15 members; two members are bilingual (Spanish/English)
Term: Spring, 2 year
Quicklists Consulting Committee Roster
Quicklists Committee reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
Scholarships: Melcher & Bound to Stay Bound
Ellen R. Spring, Chair (Annual 2009-2010)
Saint Paul Public Library
Sent Mail To: 307 Beechwood Street, Thomastown, ME 04861
PHONE: 207-596-2020
FAX: 207-596-2026
EMAIL: espring@roadrunner.com
Function Statement: To select recipients and alternates for the annual ALSC scholarships: Frederic G. Melcher and Bound to Stay Bound for professional education of librarians to work with children; to assist the ALSC Office in publicizing the scholarships to potential candidates; and to advise the ALSC Board on needed changes in terms or administration of the scholarships.
Established: 1956
Membership: Chair + 4
Term: Spring, 2 year
Scholarships Committee Roster
Scholarships Committee reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
School-Age Programs and Service
Renee McGrath, Chair (Annual 2009-2010)
Nassau Library System
900 Jerusalem Ave.
Uniondale, NY 11553
PHONE: 516-292-8290
FAX: 516-292-8944
EMAIL: renee@nassaulibrary.info
Function Statement: To identify and disseminate information on effective, cooperative or innovative programming for school-age children to libraries, schools, and community agencies serving youth. To develop training workshops on school-age programs and services and present them at conferences and institutes and for other institutions serving youth. To cooperate as appropriate with other ALSC committees and other associations working with the school-age child to initiate activities and projects.
Established: 1999
Membership: Chair +8
Term: 2-year, Spring
School-Age Programs and Service Roster
School-Age Programs and Service Committee reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
(Robert F.) Sibert Award Selection 2010
Vicky Smith, 2010 Chair (Midwinter 2009-2010)
Kirkus Reviews
Send Mail To: 99 Mitchell Rd., South Portland, ME 04106
PHONE: 207-767-9741
EMAIL: vicky.smith.me@gmail.com
Barbara Brand, 2011 Chair (Midwinter 2010-2011)
15611 Outlook Street
Shawnee Mission, KS 66223-3400
913-495-2459
brandb@jocolibrary.org
Function statement: To select from the books published in the preceding year within the terms, definitions, and criteria governing the award, the most distinguished American informational book for children.
Establishment: 2000
Membership: Chair + 8.
Term: Fall, 2 year (Note: The term is for a single year's award. Attendance at the first Midwinter Meeting and the last Annual Conference is optional but strongly encouraged, per Board action at Annual Conference 2006
Sibert Award Selection Committee Roster
Sibert Committee reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
Special Collections & Bechtel Fellowship
Mary Beth Dunhouse, Co-Chair (Annual 2008-2010)
Boston Public Library
Send Mail To: 255 Massachusettts Ave., #312, Boston, MA 02115
PHONE: 617-536-5400 x4236
FAX: 617-536-7758
EMAIL: mdunhouse@aol.com
Nancy J. Johnson, Co-Chair (Annual 2008-2010)
Western Washington University
Send Mail To: 1729 North Shore Drive, Bellingham, WA 98226-9418
PHONE: 360-560-3227
FAX: 360-560-4837
EMAIL: nancy.johnson@wwu.edu
Function Statement: To maintain lists of special collections of children's books and related materials now available in libraries. To encourage the creation of new collections and the strengthening of existing collections. To identify types of collections that need to be established. To establish criteria for defining a special collection. To explore and suggest ways in which special collections can be used locally, nationally, and internationally. To publicize research trends in the field of special collections. To plan and present appropriate programs. To administer annually the Bechtel Fellowship to up to three (3) librarians to read and study at the Baldwin Library of the George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, for a period of at least one month.
Membership: Chair + 8
Term: Spring, 2 year
Special Collections & Bechtel Fellowship Committee Roster
Past National Planning Committee reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
Past Bechtel Committee reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
Storytelling Discussion Group (2 Co-Convenors)
Mary Ann Gilpatrick, Co-Convenor
Walla Walla Public Library
238 E. Adler
Walla Walla, WA 99362
PHONE: (509) 527-4551, ext. 510
FAX: (509) 527-3748
EMAIL: mgilpatrick@ci.walla-walla.wa.us
Mary Morgan Smith, Co-Convenor
Northland Public Library
300 Cumberland Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15237
PHONE: (412) 366-8100
EMAIL: smith6@einetwork.net
Storytelling Discussion Group reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
(Laura Ingalls) Wilder Award Selection Committee 2011
Megan Schliesman, Chair (Midwinter 2009-2011)
Cooperative Children's Book Center
600 N. Park St, Rm 4290
Madison, WI 53706
PHONE: 608-262-9503
FAX: 608-262-4933
EMAIL: schliesman@education.wisc.edu
Function statement: To select the recipient of the Wilder Award, established by ALSC to give recognition each two years to an author or illustrator whose books, published in the U.S., have made a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children.
Established: 1954 or 1955
Membership: Chair + 4
Term: Fall, 2 year
Wilder Award Selection Committee Roster
Wilder Committee reports for Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting
Current task forces at work
Belpré Questions TF
Jean Hatfield, Chair
Wichita Public Library
3447 S. Meridian
Wichita, KS 67217
PHONE: 316-337-9104
FAX: 316-337-9118
EMAIL: jhatfield@wichita.gov
Function Statement: To address questions raised by recent committees regarding policies and procedures for the award, and to develop a written job description for a REFORMA "cultural competency consultant" for this committee.
Membership: Chair + 2 ALSC members + 2 REFORMA members
Term: 1 year, immediately through Annual Conference 2009
Belpré Questions Task Force Roster
Friends of ALSC TF
Kathleen T. Horning, Chair
Cooperative Center for Children's Books
4290 Helen C. White Hall
600 N. Park St.
Madison, WI 53703
PHONE: 608-263-3721
FAX: 608-262-4933
EMAIL: horning@education.wisc.edu
Function Statement: To make recommendations to the ALSC Board regarding the Friends of ALSC, including uses for the Friends of ALSC funds, changes in the giving categories and levels, and incentives and benefits for donors. To develop and carry out appeals for donations.
Membership: Chair + 5, each appointee should be, or have been within the past 3 years, a member of the Friends of ALSC.
Term: 2 years, immediately through Annual Conference 2010
Friends of ALSC Task Force Roster
Institute 2010 Planning TF
Ellen S. Hinrichs, Co-Chair
The South Carolina Center for Children's Books and Literacy
1500 Senate St.
Columbia, SC 29201
PHONE: 803-734-8207
FAX: 803-734-4757
EMAIL: ellenh@sc.edu
Sharon Deeds, Co-Chair
Youth Services Coordinator
DeKalb County Public Library
215 Sycamore St.
Decatur, GA 30030
PHONE:404-370-8450 ext.2235
Fax: 404-370-8469
EMAIL: DeedsS@dekalblibrary.org
Institute 2010 Planning Task Force Roster
PLA/ALSC Every Child Ready to Read Evaluation TF
Clara Bohrer, Chair (PLA)
W. Bloomfield (MI) Township Public Library
bohrercn@wblib.org
Function Statement: Work in an advisory capacity with the person contracted to develop a new/updated ECRR curriculum based on new early literacy research and the ECRR evaluation findings, including input from trainers; create training guidelines on how to implement/market the ECRR curriculum for staff at leadership and practitioner levels; recommend how training will be handled for the new curriculum building on the successes and lessons of the current training model;
recommend opportunities for institutionalizing aspects of the ECRR initiative within the divisions to extend/keep fresh the life of curriculum related materials; recommend to ALSC/PLA staff opportunities for marketing the new curriculum/initiative; organize a program for the PLA National Conference in March 2010 and the ALSC National Institute in September 2010 on the evaluation findings, new research and direction of the new curriculum; and seek additional funding to support training, marketing, implementation and multi-lingual/culturally sensitive adaptations of the revised ECRR curriculum/materials.
Established: July 2009
PLA/ALSC Every Child Ready to Read Evaluation Task Force Roster
Representatives to Other Divisions
Representatives to ALA and Other Divisions
ALA-CBC Joint Committee
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