Join us for this rare pre-conference activity. We will be traveling to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Non-Violent Social Change. In the morning, attendees will at participate in a Coretta Scoot King Pre-Conference in the King Center Freedom Hall and engage in a conversation with Coretta Scott King Book Award winning authors and illustrators about the relevance of having diverse books. Attendees will be greeted by Lev and Joyce Mills. Lev Mills designed the Coretta Scott King Book Award seal and will explain its uniqueness. Joyce Mills is a former children literature professor at the Atlanta University Library School and early Coretta Scott King Committee member. Participates will learn how to apply these books in innovative ways with children and take away exciting ideas.
In the afternoon enjoy a sack lunch in the atrium of Freedom Hall and then you will be free to explore the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center campus and Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site. You may visit the bookstores, Dr. & Mrs. King’s Crypt, The Eternal Flame, Dr. King’s Birth Home, Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church (Heritage Sanctuary). Most of the park is self-guided; therefore, you able explore at your own pace. However you must register to tour the Birth Home of Dr. King and there is no advance registration, it must be done on the day at a first come first serve bases.
Learn about two community engagement models that resulted in new and improved services. Amy Phuong, the Commissioner of Atlanta’s Department of Parks and Recreation will disclose how they re-opened all 33 of the city’s recreation centers and turned them into safe havens where the city’s young people could receive academic enrichment, engage in physical fitness activities and learn character-building skills.
Dr. Gabriel Morley reveals Atlanta’s strategy to garner 65 percent of voters in Atlanta–Fulton County to approve a $275 million bond referendum that funded eight new libraries in the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library and two expanded libraries. You will view some these library designs and unique features. The second phase will include 23 renovated libraries and plus $85 million toward renovated Central Library. Hear about the largest library building program in Georgia history and the campaign to get citizen buy in. Councilwoman Mary Norwood will present a proclamation to Black Caucus.
On behalf the BCALA leadership and the NCAAL planning committee it is our pleasure to welcome you to the 10th National Conference of African American Librarians at the Grand Hyatt (Buckhead) in Atlanta, GA. Conference badges and registration packets may be picked up at the Registration/Information Desk. There is no onsite registration. We will provide local information and help you with any questions you might have. Name badges will be required for entry into conference venues, receptions, and the conference shuttle.
Join us for coffee and conversation with the BCALA leadership and conference planners. This is your chance to talk to our leaders one on one. Bring your questions, concerns and ideas.
Call for Submissions
Are you presenting a paper or poster at the 10th National Conference of African American Librarians (NCAAL)? If the answer is yes, then the NCAAL Conference Proceedings Committee invites you to submit your paper or poster presentation for inclusion in the meeting proceedings.
Clarification: The Conference Proceedings and the Program Brooklet are separate documents. The Conference Proceedings is a compilation of the programs and posters presented at the conference. The Program Booklet is distributed at the conference and features the schedule of sessions that will occur during the meeting. The proceedings will be compiled and distributed months after the conference has concluded. Prior proceedings are available on the BCALA website.
To have your work included in the conference proceedings, please see the guidelines For posters and papers attached to this email. Presenters should upload their presentations directly to the conference website under their Sched.com profile.
Committee Members will be onsite to assist presenters with uploading their documents on the dates and times listed below:
Thursday, 8/10: 9:00 to 10 am, 4:00 to 5:00 pm
Friday, 8/11: 9:00 to 10 am, 4:00 to 5:00 pm
Saturday, 8/12: 9:00 to 10 am, 4:00 to 5:00 pm
All questions should be directed to the Conference Proceedings Committee at ncaal10proceedings@gmail.com
Thanks to the Executive Board’s donation five $1,000 NCAAL X Travel Grants were made available to attend the NCAAL 10. The grants were designed to encourage conference attendance for a librarians in the first five years of their career. Four librarians completed the application process.
Applicants explained how their work in a library setting has addressed an identified community need, provided an innovative approach to service and had a measurable impact or improvement in service. They also had to create a unique and entertaining video/PowerPoint, Keynote or iMovie documenting their library story of success.
Join them as they showcase their visual presentations at the conference.
We will kick off the opening of the Authors/ Illustrators Pavilion, a favorite conference destination that brings authors and illustrator together with attendees. Get a first look the all the talent as we feature the renowned illustrator Jerry Pinkney.
Authors/ Illustrators Pavilion will showcase some of the best and the brightest from the literary community. The authors and Illustrators will have the opportunity to meet fans, sign books, present a book reading or participate in a panel within the Pavilion. Immediately, following their presentations book signings will take place.
Outcomes:
To offer diversity and inclusion initiatives to support LIS professional ethics and values.
To offer LIS students , faculty and staff ideas on how to be recognized for their contributions to diversity and principles of community.
LIS staff and faculty will feel encouraged and supported to participate in diversity training opportunities.
The opening session will be convened by BCALA President Denyvetta Davis, who will welcome all attendees to the conference. Welcoming remarks will also be given by Dr. John Eaves, Chairman of the Fulton County Board of Commission and a representative from the City of Atlanta. The keynote address will be delivered Tom Joyner, legendary radio personality, entrepreneur and philanthropist. The opening session is free for all individuals registered for the 10th National Conference of African American Librarians.
Join your colleagues as you settle in for a conference. Meet your friends and exhibitors during this uncontested time and begin 4 days of networking and socializing. Light refreshments at stations throughout exhibits.
· Employment—find a better job, plan an exciting career
· Career planning—help in applying to college or technical schools
· Computer training—assistance in using computers, writing letters
· Community programming & cultural celebrations—storytelling, tours, courses about nutrition to workshops about tracing your roots.
Evelyn Coleman, White Socks Only, Calvin Ramsey, Ruth and the Green Book, Carole Weatherford, Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins.
Young children of today have not been exposed to institutional segregation and white supremacy prevalent decades ago. Segregated lunch counters, water fountains, and restrooms are no longer a part of the American landscape. Discrimination of any kind is now illegal. Black Americans worked long and hard to right these wrongs. However, prejudice and bigotry still flourish in America. Books can provide not only a chance to educate children about the past, but offer an opportunity to equip them with tools for sorting through complicated or confusing issues. Join these award winning authors and they share this issue from a child’s perspective.
Young black males think the world of books is not for them. It is crucial to get our young males reading. Jason Reynold is doing just that. He is crazy about cool real life stories and he has promised not to write boring books. Here's what I know says Jason “I know there are a lot — A LOT — of young people who hate reading. I know that many of these book haters are boys. I know that many of these book-hating boys, don't actually hate books, they hate boredom.” It is not surprising that main characters in his books are young black males. Using some of his own personal experiences, he wants to tell stories about people, families and neighborhoods that not everyone knows, or even considers. Jason Reynolds reveals his personal journey from poet to novelist. He also tells us about his inspiration and desire to write books that reflect young black lives.
Is it more prestigious and lucrative to get your book published by a company that pays royalty advances as part of its publishing agreement? Must you be represented by a literary agent in order to secure such an opportunity? Are certain types of books more likely to qualify for publication from this type of publisher? Learn how the process works within the so-called “traditional” publishing environment as you consider your options in the contemporary marketplace, where digital technology has created a variety of publishing choices.
Call for Submissions
Are you presenting a paper or poster at the 10th National Conference of African American Librarians (NCAAL)? If the answer is yes, then the NCAAL Conference Proceedings Committee invites you to submit your paper or poster presentation for inclusion in the meeting proceedings.
Clarification: The Conference Proceedings and the Program Brooklet are separate documents. The Conference Proceedings is a compilation of the programs and posters presented at the conference. The Program Booklet is distributed at the conference and features the schedule of sessions that will occur during the meeting. The proceedings will be compiled and distributed months after the conference has concluded. Prior proceedings are available on the BCALA website.
To have your work included in the conference proceedings, please see the guidelines For posters and papers attached to this email. Presenters should upload their presentations directly to the conference website under their Sched.com profile.
Committee Members will be onsite to assist presenters with uploading their documents on the dates and times listed below:
Thursday, 8/10: 9:00 to 10 am, 4:00 to 5:00 pm
Friday, 8/11: 9:00 to 10 am, 4:00 to 5:00 pm
Saturday, 8/12: 9:00 to 10 am, 4:00 to 5:00 pm
All questions should be directed to the Conference Proceedings Committee at ncaal10proceedings@gmail.com
Call for Submissions
Are you presenting a paper or poster at the 10th National Conference of African American Librarians (NCAAL)? If the answer is yes, then the NCAAL Conference Proceedings Committee invites you to submit your paper or poster presentation for inclusion in the meeting proceedings.
Clarification: The Conference Proceedings and the Program Brooklet are separate documents. The Conference Proceedings is a compilation of the programs and posters presented at the conference. The Program Booklet is distributed at the conference and features the schedule of sessions that will occur during the meeting. The proceedings will be compiled and distributed months after the conference has concluded. Prior proceedings are available on the BCALA website.
To have your work included in the conference proceedings, please see the guidelines For posters and papers attached to this email. Presenters should upload their presentations directly to the conference website under their Sched.com profile.
Committee Members will be onsite to assist presenters with uploading their documents on the dates and times listed below:
Thursday, 8/10: 9:00 to 10 am, 4:00 to 5:00 pm
Friday, 8/11: 9:00 to 10 am, 4:00 to 5:00 pm
Saturday, 8/12: 9:00 to 10 am, 4:00 to 5:00 pm
All questions should be directed to the Conference Proceedings Committee at ncaal10proceedings@gmail.com
Here are two ladies that have produced children’s literature worthy of praise. They will share their latest books with you.
Lyons will share her Jada Jones chapter book series which debuts in September, 2017, published by Penguin.
Evelyn Coleman is the award-winning author of a dozen books for young readers will share"Freedom Train," a 2008 book for young readers, which was chosen in 2010 for inclusion on the Georgia Center for the Book's first list of "25 Books All Young Georgians Should Read".
We have heard the outcry about needing diverse books. Guess who has stood the test of time in providing diverse books for nearly thirty years, Just Us Books. More than two and a half decades ago, Wade and Cheryl Hudson were parents on a desperate search for children’s books that addressed Black history, Black heritage and Black experiences. Disappointed by the limited number and unreliable availability, the couple embarked upon a mission: to produce the kind of positive, vibrant Black –interest books that they wanted for their own two children. So, in 1988, the Hudson started Just Us Books, the nation’s leading independent publisher of Black interest for young people. In this program, Wade and Cheryl share their incredible journey.
Participants will explore several African Americans who were the first to breach homogeneous institutions in librarianship. As the first, these African Americans leverage their achievements to enact an institutional culture of change, advocate for authentic leadership and organization integrity in the evolution of library services for African Americans. Consequently, under their leadership, foster collaboration and forged partnership in librarianship for the self-actualization of African Americans pursuing careers as librarians.
During the 60’s Atlanta was a major organizing center of the Civil Rights Movement. Join us for spirited conversation with actual participants and be enlightened. Hear from several of the children as they reveal how their parents’ involvement changed their lives. Our moderator will lead the group in a series of questions and you will have an opportunity to pose questions of your own. Don’t miss this chance to be up close and personal with African American history.
There are diverse communities throughout the country and, most, if not all, still have libraries or access to libraries. We recognize that the existence of libraries is threatened. However, there can be new avenues for libraries to serve the greater community and communities still threatened by a “digital divide”. Libraries can serve as clearinghouses for information and a resource for dissemination of environmental and health information. Many communities, particularly, communities of color, suffer disproportionately from a multitude of diverse health/environmental health and environmental issues. Environmental Justice is a term used to reflect the fact that low-income and/or minority communities have historically been disproportionately impacted by adverse environmental effects. Libraries can help to increase the community’s capacity to understand and participate in defining and addressing their environmental and environmental justice issues. Libraries can serve a multigenerational constituency by providing Internet access as well as print documents. Libraries can also provide access to online mapping and screening tools to assist communities in determining their environmental and/or health risks and present threats (e.g. ToxMap, EJSCREEN). This workshop will provide useful information about library-based health information centers, environmental programming in libraries and grant programs to assist libraries in being a resource for environmental and health/environmental health information.
Information centers are adapting their methods to provide outside-the-box services to patrons that will enrich their lives. San Antonio Public Library's collaborative model of librarians and adult education instructors under one roof facilitates an intersection of traditional service with cutting edge intervention, providing job resources, literacy instruction, financial counseling, veterans’ assistance, high school diploma completion, and more, for a new millennium approach of holistic service that empowers and impacts the community educationally and economically.
"WikiLeaks: Using Wikipedia to Promote Diversity,"
Incorporation of technology in education can be seen through the many methods of instruction that are taking place in today’s classrooms. The idea of using technology for the students’ benefit is one that students hear but often interpret to mean “use technology to educate yourself,” however, rarely are students encouraged to use technology to help educate others. This panel will feature three archivists presenting ways that we have incorporated crowd sourcing and the presence of web 2.0 tools and technologies to increase awareness of minority collections and engage underrepresented contributors and students on social platforms such as Wikipedia.
In conjunction with the theme “Cultural Keeper X: Beyond Library Walls: Innovative Ways to Engage Our Communities,” this panel aims to share ways in which repositories have engaged students, faculty and the overall public by hosting Wikipedia edit-a-thons and/or incorporating web 2.0 initiatives into curriculum. The three panelists will highlight how the incorporation for these tools have aided in increasing awareness for hidden/underrepresented communities, encouraged diversity within the web platform - in both the collections being edited and the editing contributor - and lastly the collaboration amongst other information professionals that is needed to ensure these events are successful.
R. Gregory Christie came to Atlanta more than a decade ago to care for his ailing father. Atlanta shares Cauvin Ramsey with New York. Atlanta gladly claims them both. Christie's career has flourished in Atlanta’s nurturing artistic environment. Ramsey divides his time between Atlanta and New York. The Ruth abd Green Book author has staged live performances of the book.
Awarding winning author Carole Boston Weatherford collaborated with her son Jeffery to bring the amazing story Tuskegee Airmen in You Can Fly. How did Jeffery take his mother elegant poetic words and translate them to art for book? Hear about this magically collaboration and how choosing the scratchboard black and white illustrations were a success.
Climate change has and will continue to produce an increasing burden on vulnerable populations including children, the elderly, low-income communities of color, and tribes. Beyond increased burdens on health, climate change impacts will continue to result in the need for a strong, coordinated, and intentional disaster response and ultimate recovery for communities affected by climate-related disasters. Dr. Mildred McClain and Dr. Yomi Noibi have both committed themselves to increasing awareness of issues around climate change that affect vulnerable populations and communities of color.
These ladies are not only authors but activists demanding diversity in children’s literature. They walk the walk and talk the talk. Learn how they have improved access to minority characters in children’s books through their own might.
Come out to mix, mingle and make connections with old friends and colleagues. This is a great opportunity to catch up in an informal environment. Light refreshments will be served.
Door Prices!!! Drawings!!! Giveaways!!!
There’s something magical about a first novel — that promise of a new voice, the possibility of finding a writer you can follow for years to come. The debut novel is evenmore important for the writer because it might spark a great career. Writing your first book is no mean feat. Let’s hear about two exciting debut novels. The Castle Cross the Magnet Carter: a Novel by Kia Corthron; the story sweeps American history from 1941 to the twenty-first century through the lives of four men—two white brothers from rural Alabama, and two black brothers from small-town Maryland—whose journey culminates in an explosive and devastating encounter between the two families. Passage by Khary Lazarre-White; tells the story of Warrior, a young black man, who is surrounded by deep family love and a sustaining connection to his history, connections that arm him as he confronts the urban forces that he faces--both supernatural and human--forces that seek his very destruction.
Authors will share the pros and cons their writing journey and reveal how these books propelled their careers.
Sponsored by Seven Stories an Imprint of Penguin/Random House
Call for Submissions
Are you presenting a paper or poster at the 10th National Conference of African American Librarians (NCAAL)? If the answer is yes, then the NCAAL Conference Proceedings Committee invites you to submit your paper or poster presentation for inclusion in the meeting proceedings.
Clarification: The Conference Proceedings and the Program Brooklet are separate documents. The Conference Proceedings is a compilation of the programs and posters presented at the conference. The Program Booklet is distributed at the conference and features the schedule of sessions that will occur during the meeting. The proceedings will be compiled and distributed months after the conference has concluded. Prior proceedings are available on the BCALA website.
To have your work included in the conference proceedings, please see the guidelines For posters and papers attached to this email. Presenters should upload their presentations directly to the conference website under their Sched.com profile.
Committee Members will be onsite to assist presenters with uploading their documents on the dates and times listed below:
Thursday, 8/10: 9:00 to 10 am, 4:00 to 5:00 pm
Friday, 8/11: 9:00 to 10 am, 4:00 to 5:00 pm
Saturday, 8/12: 9:00 to 10 am, 4:00 to 5:00 pm
All questions should be directed to the Conference Proceedings Committee at ncaal10proceedings@gmail.com
Thanks in advance for your assistance. We look forward to seeing you in Atlanta.
Robert Woodruff Library CEO, Loretta Parham will host a reception and honor former Atlanta University School of Library and Information Studies Alumni. Join us in this celebration in an award winning library. Open to all registered attendees.
The shootings at Charleston's Mother Emanuel AME Church in 2015 shocked the nation and the world. Join the authors of this moving book as they take us on a journey that includes history of slavery in North Carolina, the Civil War, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, the Civil Rights Movement and the present day as well as the founding of the African Methodist Episcopal Churches in the South, and the role they have played in holding together the black community and leading its members to equal rights. All three of these authors are Charlestonians, and from their bios are clearly leaders in the city and even in the AME church. A great takeaway from this touching saga is the power of forgiveness and its lesson for the world.
Call for Submissions
Are you presenting a paper or poster at the 10th National Conference of African American Librarians (NCAAL)? If the answer is yes, then the NCAAL Conference Proceedings Committee invites you to submit your paper or poster presentation for inclusion in the meeting proceedings.
Clarification: The Conference Proceedings and the Program Brooklet are separate documents. The Conference Proceedings is a compilation of the programs and posters presented at the conference. The Program Booklet is distributed at the conference and features the schedule of sessions that will occur during the meeting. The proceedings will be compiled and distributed months after the conference has concluded. Prior proceedings are available on the BCALA website.
To have your work included in the conference proceedings, please see the guidelines For posters and papers attached to this email. Presenters should upload their presentations directly to the conference website under their Sched.com profile.
Committee Members will be onsite to assist presenters with uploading their documents on the dates and times listed below:
Thursday, 8/10: 9:00 to 10 am, 4:00 to 5:00 pm
Friday, 8/11: 9:00 to 10 am, 4:00 to 5:00 pm
Saturday, 8/12: 9:00 to 10 am, 4:00 to 5:00 pm
All questions should be directed to the Conference Proceedings Committee at ncaal10proceedings@gmail.com
On behalf the BCALA leadership and the NCAAL planning committee it is our pleasure to welcome you to the 10th National Conference of African American Librarians at the Grand Hyatt (Buckhead) in Atlanta, GA. Conference badges and registration packets may be picked up at the Registration/Information Desk. There is no onsite registration. We will provide local information and help you with any questions you might have. Name badges will be required for entry into conference venues, receptions, and the conference shuttle.
8:00am - 5:00pm
Friday, August 11
9:00 - 5:00pm
Saturday, August 12
9:00am - 12pm
Watch these two authors as they offer us some appealing children"s book. Lewis presents Valerie's New Friends a story about friendship and racial acceptance. The book includes a teacher's guide for educators to introduce topics of diversity in the classroom
Wright introduces us joyful queen Imani who tries save her kingdom in Queen Imani: Queen of love and Smiles and plans to develop a series which includes Jay Christopher's Big Surprise.
Environmental injustice is the new civil rights issues that pledges the poor and people of color. Mustafa Santiago Ali a former senior adviser and assistant associate administrator for environmental justice, has served more than two decades at the agency, working to ease the burden of air and water pollution in hundreds of poor, minority communities nationwide. Ali recently resigned that position amid the White House plans to dismantle the program. He said that the budget proposal to defund such work will harm the people who has most relied on the EPA. Hear about his passion in working to ease the burden of air and water pollution in hundreds of poor, minority communities nationwide. He might also speak about his new role as vice president of the Hip Hop Caucus.
Learn about the art of collaboration and creativity from this dynamic couple. They have penned several relationship books and a few novels together. They have also helped to bring many celebrity biographies to publication. New York Times best-selling author Denene Millner is an award-winning journalist whose insightful and captivating pieces have secured her foothold in the entertainment book publishing industries. She has penned 25 books, including Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, co-written with Steve Harvey, Around the Way Girl, a memoir with actress Taraji P. Henson, Believing in Magic with Cookie Johnson and Never Make the Mistake Twice with Nene Leakes. Over the course of his 30-year career, Nick Chiles has distinguished himself as one of the nation’s foremost chroniclers of African American life , culture and celebrity-both as a best -selling author and as an award winning journalist. Chiles co-authored with Bobby Brown on the memoir, Every Little Step: My Story, the Rev Al Sharpton on his New York Times best-seller The Rejected Stone: Al Sharpton and The Path To American Leadership, Kirk Franklin The Blueprint; A Plan For Living Above Life’s Storm, Fatherhood: Rising to the Ultimate Challenge with retired NBA center Etan as well as Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, Faith in the Dream. In 2014 he was a NCCAP finalist for book Justice While Black: Helping African American Families Navigate the Criminal Justice System with attorney Robbin Shipp. Aren’t you excited to hear from this Dynamic Duo?
There is a critical need to develop the next generation of library leaders. Four ranking librarians representing a variety of library settings share essential skills and characteristics of 21st Century library leaders as well as guide participants to understand the unique challenges and opportunities in today’s library world. They will discuss methods and best practices beneficial in developing in a successful career.
According to a recent study, published in the journal Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, practicing mindfulness meditation appears to be associated with measurable changes in the brain regions involved in memory, learning, and emotion. Mindfulness meditation focuses attention on breathing to develop increased awareness of the present. Previous research has demonstrated that mindfulness meditation may reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and chronic pain. The part of NIH that has primary research for mindfulness meditation is the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health. https://nccih.nih.gov/
Stephanie Phillips has practiced and studied mindfulness for many years. In this presentation, she will present information on research about the benefits of mindfulness meditation and lead the group in meditation sessions.
R. Gregory Christie came to Atlanta more than a decade ago to care for his ailing father. Since then Atlanta has had the fortune to have him as one of their own Christie career has flourished in Atlanta’s nurturing artistic environment.
Atlanta shares Calvin Alexander Ramsey with New York City. He is the author of Ruth and Green Book, which makes available for young people information on the Green Book and its role in helping a generation of African American travelers avoid some of the indignities of Jim Crow.
Atlanta authors write about a variety of topics both fiction and non-fiction. Hear these authors and get whisked away into their exciting stories often set right here in the South. We are proud to present authors Anthony Grooms, Akinyele Umoja and Penny Mickelbury. Join us as we highlight authors from Atlanta who are contributing to the evolving landscape of African American literature.
Diversity is key to our futures – both within libraries and for the communities that we serve. This session will use the development of ALA’s Center for the Future of Libraries as an opportunity to consider how diversity is key to thinking about the future and how diversity has proven central to the many trends that will shape our futures. With insight from ALA’s Spectrum and Knowledge Alliance recruitment programs, we will look at how our profession can be strengthened by new perspectives that enhance our values and enrich our conversations.
How does a library evolve to fit the needs of patrons beyond books? Professionals of Outreach and Programming in the St. Louis, MO region present strategies that effectively redefined the library as a mobile and fluid institution. These approaches served all patrons by promoting literacy to all, providing work experience in the library, and archiving neighborhood histories through programming. The overall outcomes each resulted in a better understanding of what the library can offer users.
Mobile: Bookmobile services and Outreach to all ages
Malleable: The Library as a Career.
Made For You: Programs that archive the patron’s voice.
Join Khary Lazarre-White as he shares his over twenty years of work with Bro/Sis, a community based, not-for-profit organization dedicated to developing youth into empowered critical thinkers and community leaders. Founded in 1995, The Brotherhood/Sister Sol (Bro/Sis) provides comprehensive, holistic and long-term support services to youth who range in age from eight to twenty-two. Bro/Sis offers wrap around evidence-based programming. An excellent model for youth engagement.
Take one last look around the exhibits, network with vendors and colleagues, and be present to win at the prize drawing during this social reception. Refreshments will be provided.
If you ever get the chance to travel to South Africa, instead of a “hello”, you may instead be greeted with the Zulu phrase Sawubona (see:ya:wu:bow:nah), “we see you”. Instead of a passive hello, this Zulu greeting is an intentional acknowledgment and active witnessing of the presence of other and their place in their community. IMLS hopes to inspire and support more of the library field, civic institutions, the philanthropic community, community and local non-profits and to affirm to our communities, Sawubona!
IMLS is gathering input from the library, museum, and community revitalization fields to develop frameworks, tools, and resources to support staff skill-building needed to help transform the connections libraries have with their communities. The Community Catalyst Initiative intends to support libraries as they develop a deeper understanding of how they can partner with their communities to bring about positive change around a shared vision or goal. During this session, BCALA members will delve into the recent findings shared in IMLS’s recent publication “Strengthening Networks, Sparking Change: Museums and Libraries as Community Catalysts” and explore how their institutions can best leverage federal investments and their own local assets to best support their communities. As IMLS move forward with the Community Catalyst Initiative and other legacy funding priorities like the National Leadership Grant for Libraries, it hopes to explore the role of libraries in community development and for participants at BCALA to share their thoughts on how IMLS and the field can be enablers of community vitality and co-creators of positive community change.
OPUSSEVEN’s creative director Dwayne Bishop and Dr. Lambert Shell, Director of Roosevelt Public Library will share a collaborative project.
Today’s atmosphere is rapidly becoming more open, mobile and accessible, how do libraries continue to engage this new user on this new environment? We will try to answer this question by exploring RPL Connect – an ambitious and collaborative project in partnership with the Roosevelt Public Library. Come and interact, engage and share your ideas which we believe is the basis for successfully expanding the walls of the library via digital channels.
RPL Connect will be a leading-edge multi-media, multi-platform solution firmly rooted in the belief that our past must be carefully and accurately curated. It’s a digital cultural repository, a place for leaning and preserving the precious part of our lives - our collective history, our living history.
Call for Submissions
Are you presenting a paper or poster at the 10th National Conference of African American Librarians (NCAAL)? If the answer is yes, then the NCAAL Conference Proceedings Committee invites you to submit your paper or poster presentation for inclusion in the meeting proceedings.
Clarification: The Conference Proceedings and the Program Brooklet are separate documents. The Conference Proceedings is a compilation of the programs and posters presented at the conference. The Program Booklet is distributed at the conference and features the schedule of sessions that will occur during the meeting. The proceedings will be compiled and distributed months after the conference has concluded. Prior proceedings are available on the BCALA website.
To have your work included in the conference proceedings, please see the guidelines For posters and papers attached to this email. Presenters should upload their presentations directly to the conference website under their Sched.com profile.
Committee Members will be onsite to assist presenters with uploading their documents on the dates and times listed below:
Thursday, 8/10: 9:00 to 10 am, 4:00 to 5:00 pm
Friday, 8/11: 9:00 to 10 am, 4:00 to 5:00 pm
Saturday, 8/12: 9:00 to 10 am, 4:00 to 5:00 pm
All questions should be directed to the Conference Proceedings Committee at ncaal10proceedings@gmail.com
We will roll out the red carpet for President Denyvetta Davis and past BCALA presidents as we celebrate 25 years of convening National Conferences. It is also an evening where we will honor our outstanding members. Great Entertainment, Food and Dancing!!!!
Black tie/Afrocentric apparel (Optional)
Our special guest will be Ezra Knight, an award-winning narrator of more than 50 digital audiobook titles, ranging from steamy urban fiction to elegant prose and poetry.
We will close our conference with a stirring “Gospel Brunch”. We want to lift up our faith and acknowledge its connection to our life’s work. We need faith to navigate the joys, trials and tribulations found in daily life. This “Gospel Brunch” will reenergize and strengthen you to return home with a deeper commitment to service. Enjoy performances of God's Dancing Angels from Central United Methodist Church and gospel recording artist, Voncile Belcher.
You should be prepared for an electrifying message from Dr. Bernice A.King.
