NE Chapter PaLA Spring Meeting

The planning committee and the chapter board are pleased to welcome Leslie Burger, Princeton Public Library’s Director and past president of ALA, who will be speaking on creative ways to meet the economic challenges libraries of all types are facing, and Erin Logsdon, of LYRASIS, speaking on the influences that have shaped the generations that find themselves working together in libraries today. In addition, there will be concurrent sessions to choose from.

The theme this year is Meeting Challenges. The meeting is on Thursday, May 20, 2010 beginning at 8:30 with registration until 3:30 wrap-up.

Morning Session: Erin Logsdon, from LYRASIS, : “Generation 4.0 How the characteristics of Traditionalists, Baby Boomers,and Generations X and Y Influence Our Daily Work Experiences”.

Concurrent Sessions:
1. PaLA’s Academy of Leadership Studies (PALS) graduates from the NE Chapter describe their experiences.
2. Community Services for Children, Allentown, Speaker and Topic TBA. 3. ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries Award Winner, Bucks County Community College Library Speaker (TBA) on what the library did to win this prestigious honor.

Lunch/Business Meeting/Election of Officers

Afternoon Session: Leslie Burger, past president, ALA and Executive Director, Princeton (NJ) Public Library: “Creative Practices in a New Economy”.