This is great! Too many more than 30 would probably have been too many to get to talk to people. Thanks to Kathy for putting together what turned into a great success! Emily
Emily Bergman [email protected] On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 7:49 PM Elliot Gertel via Hasafran < [email protected]> wrote: > This past Sunday, June 23, at the 2019 American Library Association Annual > Conference in Washington, DC, AJL Vice-President/President-Elect Kathy > Bloomfield organized a special get-together. The session, "A Little > Schmooze, A Little Nosh" served to follow up on the interest generated by > the Sydney Taylor Book Awards that were part of the excitement of ALA's > 2019 Youth Media Awards ceremonies at ALA Midwinter Meeting in Seattle this > past January. Among many others, including two other ALA affiliates, the > American Indian Library Association (AILA) and the Asian/Pacific American > Librarians Association (APALA) as well as the Coretta Scott King Book, > Caldecott, Newbery, and Printz Awards--the STBAs were announced to a very > large and enthusiastic audience by ALA President Loida Garcia-Febo. The > session on Sunday was also a way of introducing AJL to conference attendees > who knew little or nothing about the association. > > As someone who has organized a number of joint AJL-ALA programs over the > past 25 years, I can attest that "A Little Schmooze, A Little Nosh" was a > big success. With a few more than 30 attendees at a conference with > literally hundreds of simultaneous sessions spread out over 34 hotels and > the Washington Convention Center, attracting that many participants is > admirable. And, while it was nice to see some familiar faces from AJL, > including President Dina Herbert and her beautiful new baby boy, Shai, it > was really good that most of the attendees were from outside of AJL. > > Kathy deserves much credit and praise for pulling this off while > navigating the maze of ALA's bureaucracy with just a little help from her > friends, veterans of ALA conferences. We look forward to more such events > and programs of joint interest at future AJL and ALA conferences beginning > in Chicago next June and early July. > > *Yasher-koyekh, *Kathy! > > Elliot > > > =================================== > Elliot H. Gertel אליהו־צבי גרטל / עלע־הערש גערטל > AJL-ALA Liaison > Irving M. Hermelin Curator of Judaica (Retired) > The University of Michigan > Ann Arbor, Michigan > [email protected] > __ > Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual > author > and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries > (AJL) > ================================== > Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: > [email protected] > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: [email protected] > Ha-Safran Archives: > Current: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > Earlier Listserver: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org > -- > Hasafran mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran >
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