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Dr. Ray Pun, ALA’s President-Elect, will step away from the presidency
From the American Library Association in an email:
ALA’s next President-Elect, Dr. Raymond Pun, will not assume the role for health reasons. He was to take office after ALA Annual Conference adjourns, and he would have been president in 2025-26.
The 2024-25 Executive Board will fill the vacancy within 30 days, subject to a confirmation vote by ALA’s Council. The process to fill the vacant position of president-elect is spelled out in the ALA Bylaws, Article IV. Officers. Section 3.
A majority of members voted for Pun in the spring election, with the results announced on April 8. He is an academic and research librarian at the Alder Graduate School of Education in California.
“We are devastated that Ray will be unable to serve as ALA’s member-elected president in 2025-26,” ALA President Emily Drabinski said. “The most important thing right now is that he takes care of himself and that we respect his privacy. We are grateful for his service to ALA and the entire profession.”
Drabinski has convened a working group, which includes incoming and outgoing board members, to select and vet candidates for recommendation to the 2024-25 ALA Executive Board. Once a candidate is selected, the decision will go before the 2024-2025 ALA Council for final approval this July.
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California Library & Reading Calendar was updated on May 28, 2024. If you have an event occurring in California or that might be of interest to California librarians and reading teachers, please send information to info(at)GoldenLibraries.com.
June 2024
| Date | Event | Location | Sponsor |
| 6/2024 | Rainbow Book Month | Local Libraries | American Library Association (Join ALA Here) |
| 6/3/2024 | Reading League California Board of Directors Annual Meeting | Virtual | Reading League California (Join TRLC Here) |
| 6/4/2024 | Bookelicious Middle Grade Book Club: Jennifer LaGarde, Lisa Fipps (“And Then Boom“) | Webinar | Bookelicious Register Here |
| 6/12/2024 | AASL Virtual Membership Meeting | Sign Up Here | AASL (Join AASL Here) |
| 6/27 – 7/2/2024 | ALA Annual Conference | San Diego, CA | American Library Association |
| Date | Event | Location | Sponsor |
| 7/25/2024 | SLJ Picture Book Palooza | Virtual | School Library Journal (Subscribe Here) |
September 2024
| Date | Event | Location | Sponsor |
| 9/2024 | Library Card Sign-Up Month | Local Libraries | ALA |
| 9/22 – 9/28 | Banned Books Week | Local Districts/Libraries | ALA |
October 2024
| Date | Event | Location | Sponsor |
| 10/2024 | TeenTober | Local Districts/Libraries | ALA |
| 10/4 – 10/5/2024 | California Reading Association Conference | Virtual | CRA (Join CRA Here) |
| 10/17 – 10/19/2024 | California Library Association Conference | Pasadena, CA | CLA |
| 10/20 – 10/26 | National Friends of Libraries Week | Local Libraries | ALA |
January 2025
| Date | Event | Location | Sponsor |
| 1/30 – 2/2/2025 | CSLA Conference | San Jose, CA | CSLA |
| 1/24 – 1/27/2025 | LibLearnX: The Library Learning Experience | Phoenix, AZ | ALA |
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California State Librarian Greg Lucas testifies in Senate Budget Subcommittee on Education (5/26/2024)
Greg Lucas, California State Librarian, speaks in support of libraries and resources. He explained the role of the modern library and the ways in which they serve California. A good example are the checkout passes now available for the State Parks.
Those librarians who work in school districts know that they need to submit data each year to the California Department of Education. This year’s evaluation is located here.
The email below was sent out by Renée Ousley-Swank, School Library Technology Consultant for the CDE:
“Have you ever wondered what the California Department of Education (CDE) does with the data collected in the Annual School Library Evaluation? Wondered how you can see the data collected without asking for the reports? Or even wondered, do I need to do this, does my data really matter?
The CDE has just launched the interactive California School Libraries Viewer Geo Map, that displays the following 2021–22 data: Average weekly hours open; Average copyright date of Native American informational text; Average copyright date of complete collection; number of books in the collection; and staffing. Here is an example of what the map of California and how the data collected displays for the 2021–22 academic year:
You can filter for specific topics on the left-hand side of the map. If you are interested in what the data for your county and/or school district looks like, then you can select county, and even district at the top right of the map. If you want to see the information from an individual site, click the dot and the information on the school will display:
We hope you find this tool useful and drop us a line to share how you are using the tool. One district has already shared that they discovered some of the staffing was misreported and now know to look more closely at the data they are reporting for accuracy in this year’s evaluation.”
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