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ALA 2010 Annual Conference Program and Exhibit Directory

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DIVISION PRESIDENT’S<br />

AASL<br />

PROGRAMS<br />

President’s <strong>Program</strong><br />

Leading the Transformation of Education for the<br />

21st Century<br />

Saturday, June 26, 10:30a.m. - 12:00p.m.<br />

Washington Convention Center, Ballroom B<br />

A call to action! School librarians should be at the<br />

forefront of the push to transform American<br />

education into the 21st century, but instead too<br />

many are fighting just to preserve jobs, keep<br />

classroom teachers coming to the library, <strong>and</strong><br />

encourage students to read. It’s time to tear down<br />

the walls in our thinking that confine what is<br />

possible; the students are counting on you to usher<br />

in a new era of learning. By tapping into common<br />

sense, best practice <strong>and</strong> the AASL learning<br />

st<strong>and</strong>ards, the path to a more powerful <strong>and</strong><br />

purposeful school library program begins. Don’t<br />

miss guest speaker Allison Zmuda, author of The

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