{"id":4373,"date":"2021-08-10T10:01:58","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T18:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/alasc\/wp-students\/?p=4373"},"modified":"2021-08-10T10:01:58","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T18:01:58","slug":"looking-to-volunteer-dont-know-where-to-start-look-no-further","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/alasc\/wp-students\/looking-to-volunteer-dont-know-where-to-start-look-no-further\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking to Volunteer? Don’t Know Where to Start? Look no Further!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The American Library Association is pleased to announce an inaugural Virtual Volunteer Fair to be held on September 14, 2021, from 11:30 am \u2013 1:30 pm CT.\u00a0 The fair will be an opportunity for ALA Members to drop in and speak with committee members and staff liaisons from various ALA groups that offer volunteer opportunities, including ALA Association committees, Divisions, and Round Tables.\u00a0 This is an opportunity for members to ask more specific questions about a committee or group’s work, time commitment, typical schedule, how to volunteer, etc!<\/p>\n

Members should\u00a0register<\/a>\u00a0for the event, but attendance for the full two hours is not required.\u00a0 Members can drop in and out as their schedule allows.\u00a0 The various groups will be divided into breakout sessions, and attendees will be free to move amongst the breakout sessions.\u00a0 ALA Staff will be available in the zoom to assist with tech, help members move from room to room, and to answer other questions.<\/p>\n

In order to participate fully in the breakout sessions, please ensure that you have the most-up-to-date version of Zoom.<\/strong>\u00a0 You can read about how to update your Zoom version\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A list of the groups and corresponding breakout sessions will be emailed to registrants prior to the event, and ALA staff will also be available to assist during the Fair.<\/p>\n

Don’t forget that members must be up to date with their membership to serve on a committee, so\u00a0renew<\/a>\u00a0your membership today!\u00a0 Read the recent call for volunteers for ALA Association and Council committees\u00a0here<\/a>.\u00a0 Again, you will learn more about this process during the Virtual Volunteer Fair, as well as Division and Round Table committees.<\/p>\n

Please\u00a0<\/strong>register<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to attend ALA’s inaugural Virtual Volunteer Fair now!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please contact\u00a0governance@ala.org<\/a>\u00a0with any questions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The American Library Association is pleased to announce an inaugural Virtual Volunteer Fair to be held on September 14, 2021, from 11:30 am \u2013 1:30 pm CT.\u00a0 The fair will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alasc-news","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/alasc\/wp-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/alasc\/wp-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/alasc\/wp-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/alasc\/wp-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/alasc\/wp-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4373"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/alasc\/wp-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4374,"href":"https:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/alasc\/wp-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4373\/revisions\/4374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/alasc\/wp-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/alasc\/wp-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/alasc\/wp-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/alasc\/wp-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}