AASL AFFILIATE ASSEMBLY

[BarbaraW6@AOL.COM]

           At the ALA Mid-Winter meeting in Philadelphia, the Affiliate
Assembly of AASL will be discussing how to implement the resolution passed at
the Affiliate Assembly meeting in Miami, which concerned "collecting and
disseminating information identifying sites in each state where
telecommunications technology is being integrated effectively into the K-12
curriculum through teacher/library media specialist collaborative efforts."

           Anna Fay Campbell, (Region 4  [Southeast] Affiliate Coordinator),
and I, Barbara Wallace (Region 3 [Midwest] Affiliate Coordinator),  are
responsible for organizing discussion on the following questions:

            1)  What kind of information about telecomunications programs
would be useful to you?  What questions need to be asked?

             2)  How and to whom should the information be disseminated after
it is gathered?

             3)  How can we identify and locate exemplary telecommunications
programs in schools throughout the country?

             If you have comments on any of these questions, we would be
happy to hear from you,  especially if you are from one of the states with a
small school library-media association that finds it difficult to send
representatives to the national ALA conferences.

              Please send your comments before February 3 to me at
BarbaraW6@aol.com or  Barbara Wallace, Bacon Memorial District Library,  45
Vinewood,  Wyandotte  MI  48192.

            The Affiliate Assembly is the gathering of the leaders of all the
state school library-media associations, but any AASL member is welcome to
attend.  This year's caucus will take place Sunday, February 5, from 8:30 AM
- 12:30 PM at the Doubletree Hotel.

               We also hope that all AASL members at the conference will
attend the AASL Candidates Forum on Saturday, February 4, at 5:30 PM,
followed by the Affiliate and Membership Issues Forum from 6:30 - 7:30,  at
the Marriott Grand Ballroom.   You will have the chance to meet the current
AASL officers and next year's candidates.  The Membership Issues time will
give you an opportunity to meet in regional groups with the president and
delegates from your own state association plus those of nearby states to
discuss current hot topics in your area .

      Barbara Wallace
      Anna Fay Campbell
      Gail Dickinson, Chair, AASL Affiliate Assembly