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Welcome to the North Carolina Library Association’s monthly eNewsletter! A production of the NCLA Marketing Committee, the eNewsletter is devoted to highlighting professional events and programs, librarians making exceptional differences in their communities, and how the association is working to serve YOU! Please subscribe and your feedback is always welcome. |
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Greetings! As I write this, I am in Nashville, TN, at the Public Library Association Conference. I have seen many of my fellow North Carolina librarians already, and it’s only day two. I went to a wonderful presentation today by three of these talented people, listening to them discuss decreasing barriers to library use. (Great job WCPL!). I also attended an excellent presentation today on the importance of leadership skill development. We heard three very diverse, young (to me at least) women discuss how leadership development has enhanced their careers. I found it interesting to hear how leadership development is handled in other countries, and how similar it is to our processes. I would greatly encourage any current (or would-be) leaders to apply for the 2020 NCLA Leadership Institute, to be held September 16-19 in Black Mountain. The registration deadline is March 27th, and the application can be found here. As always, the issue of advocacy is paramount in the coming months. If you have not contacted your legislators regarding IMLS funding, I encourage you to do so. Please go here to find sample letters and whether or not your senators and representatives have supported IMLS. NCLA will be sending a letter on behalf of all librarians in the state, but it helps to hear from as many of you as possible. Until next month, enjoy the longer days, the gradual warming, and the hope that we will all survive spring fever. Take care, and may your TBR pile never end. Lorrie |
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Are you interested in being featured in the “Librarian Interview” section of the NCLA Newsletter? We are looking for members who want to share their experiences and advice with our membership. If you would like to be considered, please provide your name and contact information on this form. |
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North Carolina Women: their lives and times
by Michele Gillespie
"North Carolina has had more than its share of accomplished, influential women--women who have expanded their sphere of influence or broken through barriers that had long defined and circumscribed their lives, women such as Elizabeth Maxwell Steele, the widow and tavern owner who supported the American Revolution; Harriet Jacobs, runaway slave, abolitionist, and author of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl; and Edith Vanderbilt and Katharine Smith Reynolds, elite women who promoted women's equality. This collection of essays examines the lives and times of pathbreaking North Carolina women from the late eighteenth century into the early twentieth century, offering important new insights into the variety of North Carolina women's experiences across time, place, race, and class, and conveys how women were able to expand their considerable influence during periods of political challenge and economic hardship, particularly over the course of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
These essays highlight North Carolina's progressive streak and its positive impact on women's education--for white and black alike-- beginning in the antebellum period on through new opportunities that opened up in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. They explore the ways industrialization drew large numbers of women into the paid labor force for the first time and what the implications of this tremendous transition were; they also examine the women who challenged traditional gender roles, as politicalleaders and labor organizers, as runaways, and as widows. The volume is especially attuned to differences in region within North Carolina, delineating women's experiences in the eastern third of the state, the piedmont, and the western mountains"
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Books, BBQ & Brews Thursday, March 19, 5:15 pm East Carolina University, Main Campus Student Center, Ballroom A
Sam Jones is the third generation of an eastern North Carolina barbecue legacy and has cooked whole hog barbecue at Skylight Inn and Sam Jones BBQ. Since 1947, the Jones family has been a standard-bearer for wood-cooked eastern NC style barbecue.
In 2019, Jones published his first book, “Whole Hog BBQ: The Gospel of Carolina Barbecue,” which features recipes and stories from Skylight Inn and his eponymous restaurant.
“Books, BBQ & Brews” will feature dinner catered by Sam Jones BBQ, craft beers from local breweries, music by the Nu Clear Twins, a silent auction and, of course, Sam Jones himself, sharing stories. Tickets are $75 each and may be purchased online or in person at ECU’s Central Ticket Office in the Main Campus Student Center. The ticket price includes dinner and drinks. For more information or to purchase tickets online visit the website.
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North Carolina Library Association
265 Eastchester Drive
Suite 133, #364
High Point, North Carolina 27262
www.nclaonline.org/ |
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