Presentations at Conferences

If you would like to know more about the LSSC, the Advisory Council members are available to speak at conferences, programs and other related events. You may also use this MS PowerPoint Presentation to learn more about the certification program.

Scheduling a Speaker	Contact the ALA-APA office at 800-545-2433, x2424 or jgrady@ala.org.
Fees	Although no honoraria is required, the speaker's travel, lodging and meals must be covered by the sponsoring institution (depending on the distance traveled, time of program, etc.)
Who's Talking About LSSC? Upcoming Presentations	2010, October 2 - University of Wisconsin-Madison Circulation Employees Conference (Jenifer Grady) 2010, May 11 - Arkansas Library Association (Nancy Bolt) 2010, April 15-16 - Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC), Pueblo (Nancy Bolt) 2010, March 1-2 - Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC), Grand Junction (Nancy Bolt) 2009, December - NELINET Community College Conference 2009 (David Dowell) 2009, November 19-21 - Colorado Library Association Conference 2009 (Nancy Bolt) 2009, October 28-30 - Nebraska Library Association Conference 2009 (Nancy Bolt) 2009, October 21-23 - Iowa Library Association Conference 2009 (Nancy Bolt) 2009, October 9 - Missouri Library Association (Jenifer Grady) 2009, October 8 - Colorado Library Consortiom (CLiC) Southwest Days (Diana Reese)
Past Presentations	2009, September 30-October 2 - Wyoming Library Association Conference 2009 (Nancy Bolt) 2009, August 5 - Liverpool Public Library (NY) Board of Trustees (Dorothy Morgan) 2009, August 5, Colorado State Library Continuing Education Forum (Diana Reese) 2009, August 3 - Branch Out Conference (MN) (Carol Johnson) 2009, May 19 - Virginia Library Paraprofessional Conference (Barbara Marson) 2009, May 1 - Reaching Forward Conference 2009 (Jenifer Grady) 2009, April 16 - Washington Library Association (Karen Strege) 2009, April 16 - Colorado Regional Conference, Pueblo (Diana Reese) 2009, April 1-3 - Oregon Library Association (OLA) Conference (Karen Strege) 2009, April 1 - Colorado Association of Libraries' Paralibrarian's Workshop (Diana Reese) 2009, March 31 - April 3 - Texas Library Association (TLA) Conference (Nancy Bolt) 2009, March 27 - Academic Library Association (ALAO) Support Staff Interest Group (SSIG) Spring 2009 Workshop (represented at) 2009, March 29 - Colorado Regional Conference, Greeley (Nancy Bolt) 2009, February 24 - Colorado Regional Conference, Grand Junction (Nancy Bolt) 2009, January 23 - American Library Association (ALA) Conference - Open Forum 2009, January 9 - NELINET (MA) (David Dowell) 2008, November 7-8 - Colorado Library Association Conference (Nancy Bolt and Diana Reese) 2008, October 24 - Gold Coast Library Network (CA) (David Dowell) 2008, October 24 - Academic Library Association of Ohio (ALAO) Conference (Jenifer Grady) 2008, October 23 - Virginia Library Association (VLA) Conference (Nancy Bolt) 2008, October 1-3 - Washington Library Employees (WALE) Conference (Karen Strege) 2008 September 26 - North Dakota Library Association (NDLA) (Jenifer Grady) 2008, September 24-25, Ohio Library Council: Supportive Staff Conference (Robert Daugherty) 2008, September 11 - South Carolina Library Association Paraprofessional Round Table and Scholars for Diversity (Jenifer Grady) 2008, August 13 - International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) (Jenifer Grady and Barbara Marson) 2008, April 30 - Joint conference of Utah Library Association (ULA) and Mountain Plains Library Association (MPLA) (Karen Strege) 2008, April 11 - Maryland Association of Public Library Administrators (Nancy Bolt) 2008, April 10-11 - New Mexico Library Association (NMLA) Conference (Diana Reese) 2008, March 29 - Public Library Association (PLA) Conference (Nancy Bolt) 2008, February 1 - Bibliographical Center for Research (BCR) (Nancy Bolt and Karen Strege) 2007, October 25 - Nebraska Library Association (Nancy Bolt) 2007, April 2 - Colorado Association of Libraries Paralibrarian Division Workshop (Diana Reese)

The project is funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the American Library Association. It is a partnership between the American Library Association and the Western Council of State Libraries.

Historical Documents

Please review the history of ALA-APA certifications and the LSSIRT Certification Task Force Certification of Library Technical Assistants document.