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  1. New ALA Connect community you can join: ACRL Marketing Discussion Group, ow.ly/aYtsA
  2. A new community you can join on ALA Connect: ASCLA Tribal Librarians Interest Group, ow.ly/aQTJ0
  3. And we're back. Please let us know if you encounter any problems accessing Connect.
  4. We seem to be having a hiccup - hope to be back in a few minutes. Thanks for your patience....
  5. MT @alscblog: ALSC Community Forum on Tues April 10 ow.ly/a3aFt Join the conversation re: virtual participation #alsccommunityforum
  6. A new ALA Connect community you can join: the @ALA_ACRL Student Retention Discussion Group ow.ly/9WzpR
  7. Coming Soon: A New Look for ALA Connect! Read about upcoming changes or get a sneak preview by joining the beta test ow.ly/9T2MB
  8. @ms_tinamarie JFYI, non-ALA members can create accounts on Connect and use the site, too ;)
  9. RT @aasl: Join the group! AASL's Retirees Special Interest Group can be found on ALA Connect: ow.ly/9uvJR
  10. @catladylib @hacklibschool JFYI, you don't have to be an ALA member to vote on the proposals. Non-members can create Connect accounts!
  11. Login problems are cleared up and all is well. Carry on....
  12. We're experiencing a temporary login problem due to some work on our ALA's internet connection. More info as we get it- ow.ly/9uS6l
  13. @lizb is this a problem with the site? happy to help troubleshoot.
  14. RT @ala_island: Join the ALA Virtual Communities and #Libraries discussion ow.ly/9gJBE by joining ALA Connect ow.ly/9gJBF
  15. @gcaserotti please email Jenny at jlevine [at] ala.org :)
  16. @gcaserotti not sure if that's possible but we'll look into it. next year we'll move to a better search engine, which will help. thx 4 sugg.
  17. @dianasertic There's a Cloud Computing community in #alaconnect where you could ask ?s ( ow.ly/9ftpU ) or we could ask @ALAlibrary.
  18. RT @thatandromeda: Got opinions on what the Library #codeyear IG should be doing? Join the conversation: connect.ala.org/node/168302
  19. Did u know u can "follow" groups you're not a member of to get email notifications when they post public content? Yep. ow.ly/8UmRH
  20. @pumpedlibrarian The chat feature is active and working quite well, afaik. One fav user benefit - no plugins necessary.