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The PLA All-Committee Meeting was held on Sunday, June 25, at the New Orleans Marriott. Forty-three committees met at separate tables to plan and discuss upcoming events.

I am a member of the Services to Preschool Children and their Caregivers Cluster. One problem that the committee noticed is that so many great sessions are planned during conferences, but not everyone is able to attend every program. Also, since programs are held at conferences, we never reach those who cannot attend the conferences. A solution was to post information on PUBYAC or other similar listservs. Does anyone have any other suggestions?

We also discussed our upcoming program at ALA Annual 2007 in Washington, D.C. Titled “Snips and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails: Every Boy Ready to Read @ Your Library”, the session will discuss using brain research to plan early literacy storytimes for both genders. As one who performs weekly preschool storytimes, I’m looking forward to learning more about planning storytimes for the male gender (those boys love to run and be active!). Look for it at next Annual!

Tags: ALA2006, conferences, library programming, PLA Blog

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