Finding Aid for Rocco Staino Papers, 1955-2020 | The American Library Association Archives

Title: Rocco Staino Papers, 1955-2020

ID: 97/1/60

Primary Creator: Staino, Rocco

Extent: 4.0 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by date

Date Acquired: 06/16/2009. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Advocacy, ALA Annual Conference, ALA Midwinter Meeting, American Association of School Librarians (AASL), American Library Association (ALA), Conference Materials, Conferences, Friends of Libraries, U.S.A., New York Library Association, White House Conference on Library and Information Services II

Languages: English

Personal papers of Rocco Staino, Director of the Ulster County (NY) Board of Educational Services, School Library System (1985- ), former president of New York Library Association (2004-05), member of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) and and former Sponsorship Chair of the AASL National Conference Committee (2007), contains AASL conference materials (1992-2007), ALA publicity materials (1984-2003), Friends of Libraries materials (1995-2005), White House Conference on Library and Information Science Conference II delegate preparation materials, issue briefing book, and videotape (1991), collection of t-shirts, pins, mugs, coasters, and badges from ALA and AASL annual conferences (c. 1983-2016), and pamphlets on libraries and librarianship (1955-65).

Rocco Staino is a journalist and the Director of the Ulster County New York Board of Educational Services School Library System (1985-), director of the Empire State Center for the Book (2010-), former president of the New York Library Association (2004-05), member of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL), and former Sponsorship Chair of the AASL National Conference Committee (2007). He was a contributing editor for School Library Journal (2006-18) and a writer for The Huffington Post (2011-17). He also hosted the interview show StoryMakers for KidLit.TV (2014-22). Rocco served as the retired director for the Keefe Library of the North Salem School District in New York. He has been a long time member of the American Library Association (ALA), served as chair of the Retired Member Round Table (RMRT) from 2023-2024, has served as New York State Chapter Councilor on ALA’s Council, and was a member of the ALA Committee on Committees for 2015.

Repository: The American Library Association Archives

Accruals: 7/25/2019; 6/20/2024

Acquisition Source: Rocco Staino

Other Note: 2 pages long.

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/alasfa/9701060a.pdf

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