How Has ALSC Committee Work Benefited You?

As an ALA/ALSC member since 2016, I’ve had the opportunity to work on both processing and award committees. Through that work I’ve been given the chance to gain technical skills such as learning how to post blogs to WordPress for the public awareness committee and sharpen my ability to evaluate children’s literature using the notable children’s book award committee’s metrics.  As a current member of the ALSC membership committee we want to highlight the benefits of participating on our committees to members who haven’t had the opportunity to serve yet.  

Our goal is  to create literature that encourages ALSC members to consider filling out the committee volunteer form.  Membership anecdotes about the benefits, skills gained, and career opportunities afforded to them through their committee work will help us to encourage more engagement from membership in our fantastic organization.

This is where you come in!  Have you served on an ALSC committee in the past?  What technical or professional skills did you gain from that work?  Were you ever offered an exciting new position or promotion partly due to the committee work you had done in the past?  Are there any other aspects of your life that have been positively affected by your committee work? If these questions spark a response from you, please consider filling out a brief survey here so that your story can serve as the catapult for another librarian’s ALSC adventures to begin.  

This blog post relates to ALSC Core Competencies of: VII. Professionalism and Professional Development.

Melissa Sokol is a children’s services librarian for Dayton Metro Library in Ohio and a current member of the 2024-2026 ALSC Membership Committee.

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 As an ALA/ALSC member since 2016, I’ve had the opportunity to work on both processing and award committees. Through that work I’ve been given the chance to gain technical skills such as learning how to post blogs to WordPress for the public awareness committee and sharpen my ability to evaluate children’s literature using the notable children’s book award committee’s metrics.  As a current member of the ALSC membership committee we want to highlight the benefits of participating on our committees to members who haven’t had the opportunity to serve yet.   Our goal is  to create literature that encourages ALSC members to consider filling out the committee volunteer form.  Membership anecdotes about the benefits, skills gained, and career opportunities afforded to them through their committee work will help us to encourage more engagement from membership in our fantastic organization. This is where you come in!  Have you served on an ALSC…
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