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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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Spring has finally arrived! Many of our sections have been busy planning events for spring. Longer days and warmer temperatures give us more energy for projects and the desire to be outside. Spring is a time of renewal. I have seen so many pretty photos on social media of gardens and flowers. I still obsessively remember my travels to Florence, Italy last fall. I’m currently reading Under the Tuscan Sun and Bella Tuscany by Frances Mayes. You may have seen the movie based on that first novel, which chronicles Mayes’ spontaneous purchase of a house in Cortona, Italy, called Bramasole - something that yearns for the sun. Oh, how I yearn for the sun and the beauty of Italy! One of my friends posted this equinox blessing and I wanted to share it with all of you. A Spring Equinox Ostara Blessing From its winter sleep the earth is awoken, The cycle of nature, true and unbroken. The promise of spring, of life, a new start, To fill you with faith in mind, body and heart. The perfect wheel of nature keeps spinning, With proof that an ending is just the beginning. Rejoice in this season, may it fill you with peace, And may the blessing of nature, for you, never cease. In this time of newness and renewal, we have a new committee! I have appointed Rodrigo Castro of Wake Forest University as chair for our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Committee. The committee held its first meeting on March 25. The State Library announced a new Racial Equity in Libraries toolkit which they developed in partnership with our own REMCo section. The new toolkit was released March 31, and we believe will be very useful to libraries across the state, as well as to our new DEI committee. I look forward to learning and growing with this committee and seeing the fruits of their labor in the coming months. During our Executive Board meeting on April 29, board members will have a business meeting followed by a session on self care led by our secretary, Jenneffer Sixkiller. As this is our second meeting of the new biennial, we are still getting to know each other and our new roles. We will take time for important conversations, brainstorming ideas and best practices for our board, continuing our focus on our individual health and the health of our organization. Enjoy every day, take time for yourself, and take time to make connections with other NCLA members! Until next time,
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NCLA News ACRL e-Learning Webcast, Free to ACRL-NC Chapter section members, 4/12/22 @ 1:00-2:00 P.M. Central, 2:00-3:00 P.M. Eastern, Online library instruction: Best practices for live synchronous teaching . We will share the Zoom link directly to the section members at the later time. Spring Workshop Agenda: - 1-1:45: Intros & updates
- 1:45-2: Vertical IQ demo
- 2-2:10: Break
- 2:10-3: Speaker & Discussion: Census Bureau presenter on using Census data tools for business
- 3-3:10: Break
- 3:10-4: Facilitated Discussion: Boundaries in the workplace- facilitated conversation with Kassie Ettefagh & Morgan Ritchie-Baum
- 4:05-4:30: Chill networking time
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The latest issue of North Carolina Libraries is now available! Check here for the most recent version here.
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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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Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong
Vuong’s second collection considers the reverberations of his mother’s death in poems that speak to grief, family, the power of memory, and the personal and public aspects of American life.
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