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Guest post by Jeremy Myntti and Liz Woolcott: Two years ago, we sat outside of a conference session at ALA Midwinter in Chicago discussing the stormy restructuring debates going on at our respective libraries.  Jeremy, in his third year as the Head of Cataloging and Metadata Services at the University of Utah, and Liz, barely […]

The ALCTS Exchange blog went on hiatus for a few weeks while the ALCTS Exchange Working Group was busy finalizing many of the details of the event. As we round the corner into the final stretch, Anastasia and Erin are back to bring you insight and ideas to get you excited for the event. Before […]

Planning for the ALCTS Exchange is in full swing, and members of the ALCTS Exchange Working Group are still hard at work coordinating various logistics of the event. Before we introduce two more members of the ALCTS Exchange Working Group, Anastasia and Erin wanted to draw your attention to a couple of things: You might’ve […]

The ALCTS Exchange Working Group has been hard at work behind the scenes for many months. While you can find the members of the working group listed on the “organizers” page of the ALCTS Exchange site, Anastasia and Erin thought it would be nice to give people a chance to introduce themselves. We’ll be sharing […]

Today’s video blog post comes from Karla Streib, Chair of the ALCTS Exchange Working Group. ALCTS Exchange-Tell us!

Long before Anastasia and I started working on the ALCTS Exchange blog together, I had the pleasure of working with her on another task. In the spring of 2016, Anastasia and I worked together to propose a theme for the ALCTS Exchange to the larger working group. As the ALCTS Exchange Working Group members reviewed […]

This guest post was written by Alana Verminski, ALCTS Exchange Working Group Member Yes, really, submit a proposal for the ALCTS Exchange. We want to hear from you. As a working group member who contributed to the call for proposals form and success criteria, I can say that we are truly interested in receiving proposals […]

Welcome to the ALCTS Exchange blog. In the months prior to the ALCTS Exchange, this space will be used to cultivate conversation about the conference themes, share logistical information about the event, and serve as a place for event pre-reading and pre-work. Anastasia Chiu and Erin Leach, ALCTS Exchange Working Group members, will serve as […]