Finding New Groups that Might Interest You

One in a series of introductory screencasts created by the ALA Emerging Leaders Group I
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ALA has over two thousand divisions, committees, task forces and round tables, and Connect offers an additional 500 member created communities- and this number is growing every day. So how does one find new groups that might interest them?

This is Finding New Groups in ALA Connect

From the Connect homepage, you can start browsing by looking at the New Member Communities and Popular items on the right side bar. You can also browse by tag. Click MORE to see all the tags.

For a complete listing, browse the groups from the navigation bar. To get started, head to Browse ALA Connect and select By Category. Expanding the ALA groups list gives you an extensive, alphabetical look at all of the different groups by subject. Clicking on a subject heading, like Diversity, expands the topic to include links to all related groups. Member Communities also offer the same capability regardless of what parent ALA Committee or Division the community derives from.

If you're interested in finding out if there is a group for your specific interest, you can search for it. From the home page, enter your interest or topic. Then click the Advanced Search link, and limit to Group. Click Search, and the results are groups that relate to your interest. If they are committees, you can either join them or read their public content.

To browse the member communities, expand the member communities link. Here you can browse communities by topic. If you find something you like, you are free to join by clicking JOIN here.

Another way of finding new groups is to browse the profiles of people you know, admire, or whose work is related to your interests. By connecting your own committee work with the ideas and specialties that interest you, the groups feature of ALA Connect offers an opportunity to broaden your professional horizons.

For more information about ALA Connect, visit the help community or use the contact us form if you have questions.

Music: Momentum by Crepusculum, available at www.archive.org.

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