“Transforming Libraries” webinar with R. David Lankes to kick off ALA President’s Empowering Voices initiative

CHICAGO –Join a conversation on “Transforming Libraries” at a free webinar on Thursday, March 8, 2012, from 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. CST.

Visionary professor R. David Lankes, author of  the award-winning “Atlas of New Librarianship,” and Barbara Stripling, Co-Chair of ALA President Molly Raphael’s Empowering Voices, Transforming Communities initiative, will host a webinar designed to stimulate conversation about harnessing the evolving role of libraries and strengthening the librarian’s voice to help shape community perception.

This is the first in a series of Empowering Voices, Transforming Communities webinars that will showcase how libraries around the country are engaging communities. More information is available at www.ala.org/advocacy/advleg/empoweringvoices.

Registration for the March 8 webinar is mandatory.  Visit https://ala.ilinc.com/register/cjvsffz to sign up today. 

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Jaclyn Finneke, Communications Specialist

Office for Library Advocacy

American Library Association

50 E. Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611

312.280.2428; 800.545.2433, x2428

jfinneke@ala.org