Posts Tagged ‘membership’
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Why We Should Adopt ALAConnect: A brief review and rumination on ALA’s new online community
May 13, 2009 | 16 commentsBy Emily Ford So ALA has joined the ranks of two point oh. Last month it rolled out ALAConnect, a service influenced by Ning, LinkedIn, Facebook, Google Docs, and other online networking platforms and shared work spaces. Despite the hoopla about the system I hadn’t even heard of it until one of my working groups was…
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On the ALA Membership Pyramid
October 15, 2008 | 44 comments“…i [sic] only renew [my ALA membership] out of a sense of professional obligation, and also because of the fear that i’ll [sic] put it on my resume and get busted as not being a member.” –c-dog By Emily Ford Membership in the American Library Association means professionals are bound together by the tenets of…