Hello, If you missed this session, you can listen to the recording of Kelvin Watson here <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://youtu.be/CYy9PCzGYO0__;!!KGKeukY!hZy9Iz29v_jzQKIeL2Kt4ZhgNoiHeQPDdIEe0dMRTnNBfXO3womAaYc1vt8WAdRb-kc$ > and the January 10th interview recording with Emily Drabinski will be available on Tuesday.
Best wishes, Jackie On Sun, Jan 9, 2022 at 1:45 PM Sally Stieglitz via Hasafran < hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > Dear Safranim, > > With permissions, and with contact info redacted, I am sharing a recent > letter of support for ALA Presidential Candidate Kelvin Watson from Mrs. > Hannah Hostyk. As you are considering your choices for ALA President, this > may be helpful. In addition, it's great to see that we have allies in ALA > leadership who are working with the Jewish community. > Best regards, > Sally > > [text of email below] > > Hi Sally! > > > > It’s so nice that Kelvin connected us! > > > > I am the co-president of the Stirling Library Friends and although our > group is large (over 400 members), our library is a small one, nestled > within a heavily Jewish area. For years before Kelvin came to Broward > County, we had actively campaigned to have our library open on Sundays > (because our library was a small one, our hours had been reduced and we > were open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday). All prior > directors ignored our request and I believe none of them truly understood > how key a library was to our community. I was so surprised by the > insensitivity of the library staff to take our situation seriously or to > dialogue with us about this issue. > > > > Everything changed once Kelvin became the BCL Director. He visited our > branch often and took the time to understand the neighborhood around the > library. He advocated on our behalf to the Broward County Board of > Commissioners and worked with our branch’s somewhat resistant staff to > explain how opening up on Sundays would benefit the community and thus > would be a good thing for all of us. Ultimately, Kelvin succeeded in > opening up our library on Sundays and we were the only library of our size > to do so. We will always be grateful to him for the time and energy he > spent in getting this done. > > > > Kelvin also took an active role in dealing with an outside group that > used our library as a venue for what was seen by the community as an > anti-Israel program. He spoke with leaders from the Jewish community and > discussed this also with me and found ways to diffuse the situation. He > spent time educating the library staff on why this program was not a wise > choice for this location. He was involved with ensuring proper security to > make sure that there would be no incidents. Again, he went the extra mile > for us. > > > > I have always been impressed by Kelvin’s dedication, professionalism, and > leadership but I especially appreciate that he puts in the time to > understand the different communities served by the public library. He has > gone out of his way to include the Jewish community as a community with > specific needs, at least in Hollywood, Florida and I am so appreciative for > his sensitivity and vision in addressing our concerns. > > > > [end of email text] > > > > -- > Sally Stieglitz > she/her > Communications and Outreach Coordinator > *Liaison to Academic, Hospital, and Special Libraries * > Long Island Library Resources Council > > 631.675.1570 ext. 2005 > sstiegl...@lilrc.org > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.lilrc.org__;!!KGKeukY!hZy9Iz29v_jzQKIeL2Kt4ZhgNoiHeQPDdIEe0dMRTnNBfXO3womAaYc1vt8WLC3JYNk$ > > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.lilrc.org__;!!KGKeukY!l1dRjnXOSTJfn-lWk-R7ig4pqwPSGyOp0h5U9tco1OCRDgGgdM25oUR9nINQq4s0694$> > > [image: ORCID] > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-9188__;!!KGKeukY!hZy9Iz29v_jzQKIeL2Kt4ZhgNoiHeQPDdIEe0dMRTnNBfXO3womAaYc1vt8WbjHma1s$ > > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-9188__;!!KGKeukY!l1dRjnXOSTJfn-lWk-R7ig4pqwPSGyOp0h5U9tco1OCRDgGgdM25oUR9nINQ5SEhb2I$> > > > > LILRC is a member of the Empire State Library Network (ESLN > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.esln.org/__;!!KGKeukY!l1dRjnXOSTJfn-lWk-R7ig4pqwPSGyOp0h5U9tco1OCRDgGgdM25oUR9nINQsb6qIGg$> > ) > > Follow LILRC on Facebook > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.facebook.com/LILRCouncil/__;!!KGKeukY!l1dRjnXOSTJfn-lWk-R7ig4pqwPSGyOp0h5U9tco1OCRDgGgdM25oUR9nINQq7c05rU$> > Twitter > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://twitter.com/lilrc__;!!KGKeukY!l1dRjnXOSTJfn-lWk-R7ig4pqwPSGyOp0h5U9tco1OCRDgGgdM25oUR9nINQw0y2P-M$> > Instagram > > > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.instagram.com/lilrcevents/__;!!KGKeukY!l1dRjnXOSTJfn-lWk-R7ig4pqwPSGyOp0h5U9tco1OCRDgGgdM25oUR9nINQwe0Wv6I$> > __ > Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual > author > and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries > (AJL) > ================================== > Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: > hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu > Ha-Safran Archives: > Current: > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran*40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html__;JQ!!KGKeukY!hZy9Iz29v_jzQKIeL2Kt4ZhgNoiHeQPDdIEe0dMRTnNBfXO3womAaYc1vt8WsoOzA34$ > > Earlier Listserver: > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran*40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html__;JQ!!KGKeukY!hZy9Iz29v_jzQKIeL2Kt4ZhgNoiHeQPDdIEe0dMRTnNBfXO3womAaYc1vt8WX2YXC_M$ > > AJL HomePage > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.JewishLibraries.org__;!!KGKeukY!hZy9Iz29v_jzQKIeL2Kt4ZhgNoiHeQPDdIEe0dMRTnNBfXO3womAaYc1vt8W4wIUTng$ > > -- > Hasafran mailing list > Hasafran@lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > -- Jackie Ben-Efraim *"Although the books had changed, I the reader had not." **Micha Yosef Berdichevsky 1865-1921* Special Collections Librarian Ostrow Library American Jewish University
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