Join the Student Library Advisory Committee

What is SLAC?

Love the library? Help us make it better!

The Student Library Advisory Committee is also known fondly as SLAC. Our work includes promoting a culture of reading in the AHS community; maintaining and enriching the library through advising, programming, service, and fundraising; and creating opportunities for students to learn about the information professions.

Past activities have included an annual spring cleaning service day, Adopt a Book and Buttons for Books library fundraisers, a poetry open mic for National Poetry Month, a variety of guest speakers, pop up book reviews, and creating the WHAT I'M READING posters for AHS faculty which you can see all over the building.

Come SLAC off in the library! 

Professional Guest Speaker Series

We are very proud of our professional guest speaker series! 

• Jean Flanagan, Arlington Poet Laureate (2024)

• Margaret Muirhead, Children's Book Author (2023)

• Marta Crilly, Archivist for Reference and Outreach, Boston City Archives (2022)

• Margaret Muirhead, Children's Book Author (2021)

• Eve Bridburg, Founder and Executive Director of GrubStreet (non-profit creative writing center) (2020)

• Katy Kania, Head of Teen Services, Robbins Library (2019)

• Linda Magram, Vice President, Marketing and Publicity, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers (2018)

• Pam Watts, Head of Children's Services, Robbins Library (2017)

• Margaret Muirhead, Children's Book Author (2016)

• Gabi Toth, Librarian and YA Book Reviewer, Core Collections, EBSCO (2015)