Hello! Here are the minutes from our annual business meeting: Minutes

We also have one order of business to put to the membership. We discussed changing our dues structure, and there was general support for the changes proposed in the meeting. Those changes are outlined here in the form to vote Yea or Nay: https://forms.gle/oRQdmvR33Y1msm987.…[Read more]

Hi Rachel! I’m so glad you were able to attend the conference.

As soon as programs are available on the Kaltura channel we will alert folks via ARLIS-L and here on the HC. We are hoping to have those live by mid-summer. There’s quite a bit of prep work to do to get them ready.

Thanks so much, we are looking forward to sharing them with…[Read more]

Hmmm. Good question. SCHED allows you to choose your own timezone. Selecting Eastern (Daylight) has our meeting starting at 5pm. Kelin’s message states 4pm Eastern (Standard, which is an error). So does it start at 4pm or 5pm EDT?

Thanks,

Mark

Hi OV chapter! I am so looking forward to seeing many of you in CDMX!

If we have no applicants again, I was thinking maybe we could consider saving this year’s funding in order to offer a larger amount as our chapter Travel Award next year — the award could potentially cover the whole conference registration fee for a new student or returning…[Read more]

Not at all! 🙂

Hi Suzy.

The conference has a virtual component for Tuesday-Thursday programming. You can find the sessions that will be available virtually by selecting “hybrid” in Sched. It’s great programming including opening and closing plenary and the convocation.
https://www.arlisna.org/events/2023-annual-conference-

Additionally all business meetings…[Read more]

Hey Christine! I would second what Carla-Mae and Lora have said. I would also add that these types of workshops are relevant to the business of libraries in a variety of ways. Engaged or active learning experiences (like the ones you’ve described) are a fundamentally important pathway for learning. They are also important manifestations of…[Read more]

Hi Christine,

My library does a lot of these kinds of events. We’ve had puzzle, coloring and lego tables, whiteboard prompts on random topics for the students to write/draw their responses, therapy dogs, zine making etc. As you suggested, we view these as a way to make the library a welcoming community hub – not unlike the public library. It’s…[Read more]