Well, too many more than 30 would have not fit comfortably into the room we had!
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] On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 5:03 PM 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 >> >
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