As Idaho's representative to the ALA Council, I have created a report the summarizes or highlights the actions and reports that took place during the 3 Council meetings.  The report is attached.

The report is 7 pages, which isn't bad when you consider it was 3 meetings, plus an information session.

Emerging Leaders is an annual American Library Association program designed to enable newer librarians to get on the fast track to ALA and professional leadership. 

Participants are given the opportunity to work on a variety of projects, network with peers and get an inside look into ALA structure and activities.

Program information is available on the ALA Website.

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:

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.

I've just returned from attending the 2009 ALA Midwinter meeting in Denver, CO.  It was an eventful week filled with meetings, networking, and a lot of conversations about the needs of small libraries and electronic access to professional participation. 

The American Library Association has just announced the 2009 Emerging Leaders Program (http://www.ala.org/ala/pressreleases2008/may2008/emergingleaders.cfm). The program is designed to enable new librarians to get on the fast track to ALA and professional leadership. Participants are given the opportunity to work on a variety of projects, network with peers and get an inside look into ALA structure and activities.

Now that I've returned from Washington, DC, and the ALA Annual Conference, my report of Council events that took place during the conference is available on my Reports page on ILA website.