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Page 6 • Cognotes BOSTON • 2010 Midwinter Meeting Highlights Kansas City Here We Come ver 200 ALA attendees gathered together for a festive fundraiser Saturday, January 16 during the 2010 ALA Midwinter Meeting to benefit the 2nd National Joint Conference of Librarians of Color (JCLC). The conference is planned for September 19-23, 2012 in Kansas City, MO. ALA President Camila Alire hosted the event in her presidential suite. Various raffle baskets were donated from the Massachusetts Black Librarians Network (MBLN), Cornucopia of Rhode Island (a diversity library group), and Missouri Library Association, as well as from the five ALA affiliated ethnic library associations planning the JCLC 2012: the American Indian Library Association (AILA), Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA), Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA), Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA), and REFORMA, the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking. The JCLC 2012 Steering Committee Co-chairs, Haipeng Li (CALA) and Janice Rice (AILA) encouraged the attendees to go to the website at http://www.ala.org/jclc, and use the Volunteer Link to actively participate in the planning and preparation by O serving on one of the many working committees: Awards and Scholarships Committee, Evaluation Committee, Exhibits Committee, Finance Committee, Fundraising Committee, Local Arrangements Committee, Proceedings Committee, Program Committee, Publicity Committee, and Registration Committee. The conference theme is “Gathering at the Waters: Celebrating Stories, Embracing Communities” and the JCLC Steering Committee invites all who are interested in promoting diversity to save the September 19-23, 2012 date in Kansas City, MO and make plans to attend. For more information please contact Marcellus Turner, JCLC Steering Committee Secretary at mturner@jefferson.lob.co.us. Enjoying the JCLC fundraiser Reception in Boston are (L-R) JCLC Steering Committee Co-chair Haipeng Li, ALA President Camila Alire, past ALA Executive Board member, Patty Wong and MultiCultural Review Editor, Roberto Delgadillo. strongly promoting libraries and their services as a “cornerstone of a global economy.” She envisions a stronger, more effective organization through increased member participation in ALA. Johns advocates diversity, open access to information for everyone, intellectual freedom, and privacy as part of her mission. She believes in working with librarians and legislators to increase public awareness of the vital role libraries play in society. Alan Kornblau believes in increasing memberships in ALA. Kornblau wants ALA to be a leader in technology and will encourage younger leaders in the library community to take an active role in ALA. Increasing ALA publications not only domestically, but internationally, is also part of his plan. He sees the Treasurer position as a challenging one, citing his success in his library work, and jokingly promised to negotiate for Midwinter in his home area of South Florida. Jim Neal, has served on budget and finance committees for ALA, and believes ALA needs “sound budgeting policies and practices.” Neal realizes that revenues come from memberships, conferences, and publications, and are complemented by grants and fundraising. He plans to grow these traditional forms of revenue and add new ones. His focus is not just on what’s happening right now in the economy and ALA, but where ALA is going in the future. The forum will be available on blip-tv and YouTube after Midwinter. Candidates » from page 3 influence in those communities. Sara Kelly Johns is a longtime school librarian, Past President of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL), the Associate Editor for AASL Community for Knowledge Quest, former and present ALA Councilor and is currently a member of ALA President Camila Alire’s REACT committee for her advocacy initiative for frontline library workers. Johns believes in Neil Gaiman Named Honorary Chair of National Library Week uthor Neil Gaiman, and 2009 Newbery Medal winner for The Graveyard Book, has been named the 2010 Honorary Chair of National Library Week, which will be celebrated April 11–17. As Honorary Chair, Gaiman will appear in both print and radio public service announcements (PSA) and a podcast and will participate in a National Library Week event developed by the American Library Association’s Campaign for America’s Libraries. For libraries looking to promote National Library Week, the PSA is available for customization at www. ala.org/nlw. Other materials include a proclamation, sample press release and letter-to-the-editor, as well as scripts for use in radio public service announcements (PSAs). Materials focus on the 2010 National Library Week theme “Communities thrive @ your library” and can be downloaded at www.ala.org/nlw. Materials are available in both English and Spanish. Libraries planning to participate in “Communities thrive @ your library”-themed programming are encouraged to share their stories by joining the National Library Week Community on ALA Connect at http://connect.ala.org/node/85425. The mission of the National Library Week community is to create an open discussion space for ALA members to communicate their ideas and develop new ways to celebrate and promote National Library Week in all types of libraries. ALA Connect is the home of ALA’s online communities and is open to all. National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. It is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation’s libraries and librarians and to promote library use. The Campaign for America’s Libraries (www.ala.org/@yourlibrary), ALA’s public awareness campaign that promotes the value of libraries and librarians. Thousands of libraries of all types — across the country and around the globe — use the Campaign’s @ your library® brand. The Campaign is made possible by ALA’s Library Champions, corporations and foundations that advocate the importance of the library in American society. http://www.ala.org/jclc http://connect.ala.org/node/85425 http://www.ala.org/nlw http://www.ala.org/nlw http://www.ala.org/@yourlibrary http://www.ala.org/nlw http://www.esquitino.com

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