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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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Happy Independence Day! I hope that each of you are enjoying your summer so far. Now that things are opening up a little more, I trust many of you are attending cookouts and going on summer vacations at the beach or in the mountains in our beautiful state! Life IS Good! We are now just a little over three months away from our 64th Biennial Conference, hosted jointly by NCLA and SELA (Southeastern Library Association). Registration for the conference is now officially open! As our theme says, we are beginning to “S.E.E. the Future" in ways we never imagined. This year's conference will be very different from past conferences. This is the first biennial conference NCLA has offered with a virtual component, a true hybrid conference. Our opening Keynote will be a LIVE VIRTUAL EVENT on Wednesday, October 20th. Miguel Figueroa, President and CEO of Amigos Library Services, will talk about "The Future From What We've Seen." Prior to joining Amigos, Figueroa served as Director of the Center for the Future of Libraries at the American Library Association (ALA). At ALA, Miguel also served as Director of the Office for Diversity and Spectrum Scholarship Program and Director of the Office for Literacy and Outreach Services. Unless the pandemic takes a turn for the worse and we are forced to go backwards in October, we will have some in-person events in Winston-Salem. On Thursday, our Ogilvie Lecture will be a LIVE Virtual Event that will be held in the Salem Ballroom for attendees who are able to travel to Winston; our speaker will be Kaetrena Davis Kendrick, Dean of Dacus Library and Pettus Archives at Winthrop University. Kendrick's research interests include professionalism, ethics, racial and ethnic diversity in the LIS field, and the role of communities of practice in practical academic librarianship. The title of her lecture is "Not Staying, Not Leaving: Pathways from Low-Morale Experiences." Thursday evening we plan to have some FUN with VIRTUAL trivia and an All Conference Reception at the Benton Convention Center! On Friday, our Closing Luncheon speaker will be Cadwell Turnbull, award-winning author of The Lesson and No Gods, No Monsters; Turnbull lives in Raleigh and teaches at North Carolina State University. The Conference Planning Team has put together a fantastic program to "Support, Educate, and Empower” librarians! Thank you to all who submitted proposals for sessions and posters. I hope to be able to see many of you in Winston-Salem in October! NCLA 2021 Conference Chair, VP/PE |
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Ballot for NCLA Senior Officials now open!
These elected officials along with those elected from sections and committee appointments made by the incoming President will constitute the NCLA Executive Board for the next 2 years. Your vote is important, please cast your vote by July 6th, winners will be announced at the conference in October. Thank you for your participation in this process.
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NCLA Sections Seeking Nominations for Officers: Note that different sections have different deadlines! Use forms or email addresses listed for further information. |
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Did you get your favorite section’s latest newsletter? Not sure? It may be because you are not subscribed to administrator updates through the NCLA website. Subscribing to administrator updates allows you to receive emails such as section newsletters and member-only emails, such as invitations to vote for the next biennium’s executive board. Go to https://nclaonline.org and use the person icon in the upper right-hand corner to login to your account. Click on “View Profile”.
On the “My profile” page, click “Email subscriptions” and ensure there is a check mark next to “Mass emails from administrators, such as newsletters and other important notifications”. If it is not checked, click the “Edit profile” button, click the check box to subscribe, then Save. You should now receive the emails sent through the NCLA website. If you have any questions or issues, you may contact the NCLA Web and Technologies team at web@nclaonline.org |
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The State Library posts position announcements as a service to libraries in the state of North Carolina. For more information regarding a position please contact the hiring library or organization in the provided link. Check out current openings here. |
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From the NC Department of Health and Human Services: Find COVID-19 vaccine information here! |
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Dawn Behrend Instruction and Outreach Librarian Lenoir-Rhyne University 1.What was the first library job you had that made the little voice in your head go “Yes- I have found the profession for me!” As most librarians would probably say, I have always loved libraries. I come from a military family and the library was always the first place I wanted to visit when we moved to a new base to feel a sense of connection and to check out my favorite Nancy Drew novels. My first library job so to speak was as a library assistant in high school, and I loved it! I should have realized at that point that librarianship would be a great fit for me, but at that time it was not really presented to me as a career option for whatever reason. I went on to earn an M.A. in clinical psychology and have now spent over 20 years in the mental health profession, but since early on in this first career I began to realize that being a librarian would probably be a fantastic job for me and something that would likely be much more personally satisfying. Life obstacles got in the way, but I was finally able to earn an MLS in 2014 and it has been one of the best decisions I have ever made to pivot into a career as an academic librarian. 2.What part of your job keeps you going to work every day? How do you continue to find inspiration and passion in the library field? The part of my job that I enjoy the most is the ability to interact with students and faculty to make sure that they are getting the very best from our library resources and services to support their educational goals. I particularly enjoy getting to know our library student workers, several of whom have gone on to work in libraries after graduation. As a second career librarian, I am excited every day that I get to work in a library and do the work of a librarian after so many years of hoping and working to make the transition. Libraries are inspirational to me because they have such a key role in our democracy by providing access to information and technology to everyone in the community. It’s a great feeling to have a role in making this happen as a librarian. I have also been excited to find that librarians are very interested in learning more about mental health topics to better serve their patrons as well as improving their own self-care. I am so happy to be able to use my experience as a psychologist to work with other librarians who have wanted to know more about mental health advocacy for themselves and their library users. 3. Who are your library heroes in North Carolina and beyond? Wow, that’s a tough one because I have so many! My number one hero has to be my former library director, Rita Dursi Johnson. Rita was so helpful to me in starting my career as a librarian and was an excellent role model of just the kind of librarian I hoped to become. She encouraged me to always look for creative initiatives in my work, network with other library professionals, and challenge myself to take on leadership roles in the field. In general, I admire librarians who are not afraid to try new things and who share their enthusiasm for librarianship in their daily work and service to the profession. I also deeply revere those librarians who have decades of experience and who have been willing to work with me as a newcomer to help build my skills beyond what I learned in library school to be an effective librarian in the “real world”. Shout out to Patrice Hall, Health Sciences Librarian at Lenoir-Rhyne University, who had the joy of sharing her office with me during my early days and literally teaching me everything about being a librarian. 4. Tell us a little about your interests and hobbies outside of the library. Of course as a librarian I am an avid reader and tea drinker—apologies for any stereotyping. I also enjoy spending time with my two little dogs and my daughter. I am fortunate to live near the mountains, so when the weather is nice my daughter and I enjoy spending time in Blowing Rock and hiking (easy) trails on the Blue Ridge Parkway. I also like working out at the gym (not as much as I should) and doing renovation projects around the house. 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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Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
by Amanda Montell
The author of Wordslut looks at how cults use language to gain power and how it has pervaded our entire culture, from notorious cults to modern startups and Instagram feeds.
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