I had the pleasure of representing the Idaho Library Association at the 2010 ALA Midwinter Meeting January 14-19th in Boston, MA.  As ILA's Chapter Councilor to ALA's Council, I have prepared notes from the various reports, actions, and decisions made at the meeting.  Attached are reports from ALA and the ALA-APA.

ALA-APA is the ALA Allied Professional Association.  A sister organization to ALA, ALA Councilors are also the ALA-APA Councilors and governing body.  Just a couple highlights:

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This grant of $1000 provides seed money for small-scale projects that will encourage research that responds to the YALSA Research Agenda, available at http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/aboutyalsa/yalsaresearch.cfm

This document is a draft of the Public Libraries Standards for 2010 as discussed in the Public Libraries Division Meeting at the ILA conference in Burley October 2nd. Please review, make comments and suggestions to help create the best possible document.

If you have any questions please contact the Public Libraries Division Chair Ann Nichols ann@ebcl.lib.id.us.

PUBLIC LIBRARIES DIVSION BY-LAWS

Adopted October 8, 1999, at the annual meeting in Boise.

BY-LAWS

IDAHO LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

PUBLIC LIBRARIES DIVISION

ARTICLE I

Name

The name of this Division shall be the Public Libraries Division of the Idaho Library Association.

Applications are now being accepted for the Public Library Association's (PLA) intensive library management training, Results Boot Camp 5, to be held October 12-16, 2009, in Seattle, Washington. The deadline has been extended thru September 18, 2009.

As ILA's Chapter representative to the American Library Association, I have just taken part in the ALA Annual Conference held July 10-15 in Chicago.  In my role as Chapter Councilor, I participate in the governance of ALA as a member of Council.  In addition, I have the privilege of being a member of the ALA Chapter Relations Committee.  My report focuses heavily on the business of Council, but I've included some additional information that came up at Chapter Relations Committee meetings.

From Amy Vecchione, SWILA planning committee member: