Thank you Elliot, This would not have been the huge success it was without the help I received from you (Elliot Gertel), Susan Kusel, Emily Bergman, Nancy Sack and Heidi Rabinowtiz. Their knowledge of ALA was critical to making this happen. I am hoping we will get more than a few new members from this interaction. I am also looking forward to hosting a similar event along with some informational programming at the ALA in Chicago.
It has been a very busy week with participating in the AJL conference and then flying to DC for the ALA conference. It was wonderful seeing friends, but it is good to be home. See you all next year in Chicago! Kathy B. On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 9:03 AM Emily Bergman <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> > -- Kathleen M. Bloomfield Association of Jewish Libraries, Vice President/President-Elect http://forwordsbooks.com/ kids books that matter. "The fact of knowing how to read is nothing, the whole point is knowing what to read." - Jacques Ellul
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