ALA Cognotes May 2017 Preview - 14

MAY 2017 PREVIEW

COGNOTES

Kick-Off Annual with Virtual and In-person ALCTS Preconferences

rior to the ALA Annual Conference
& Exhibition in Chicago, the Association for Library Collections &
Technical Services (ALCTS) will offer a virtual
preconference and two in-person preconference programs in Chicago. "Diversity, Equity,
and Inclusion in Metadata," a two-day, virtual
event, will be held on Tuesday, June 6 and
Wednesday, June 7 from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. On
Friday, June 23 from 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.,
ALCTS will present the in-person preconferences "Building Successful Digital Programs
at Small Institutions and Cataloging" and
"Metadata For the Web: Meeting the User
Where They Are." These innovative programs
will provide a venue for attendees to engage
with colleagues and presenters, leaving them
with the tools necessary to implement what
they've learned in their libraries.
Discover how metadata creators are developing methods to encourage the creation
of metadata that represents diverse points
of view and learn ways to increase cultural
inclusiveness of your own metadata with the
two-day virtual preconference "Diverse, Inclusive, and Equitable Metadata." Programming
includes session one, "Outreach and Inclusivity in Digital Libraries and Institutional
Repositories," on Tuesday, June 6, which will
feature the presentations "Digital Project as
Community Outreach: A New Way of Approaching Metadata" and "Doing Justice to
the Humanities: Increasing Inclusivity with
More Specific Subject Description." Ses-

sion two, which will be held on Wednesday,
June 7, will feature "Metadata Creation and
Remediation in Zine and Digital Library Collections" and will focus on the presentations
"Towards Counter-Cultural Competencies:
Mutual Metadata Creation and the Zine
Union Catalog Project" and "We Don't Use
Those Words Anymore: Describing Yesterday's
News Today."
Registration for the virtual preconference
is $69 for ALCTS members for both sessions
or $43 for one session; $95 for non-ALCTS
members for both sessions or $59 for one
session; and $206 for groups for both sessions
or $129 for one session. Fees include access
to the live presentation as well as unlimited
access to the recorded presentation.
On Friday, June 23, join your colleagues
for engaging discussions on the skills required
to build a sustainable digitization program at
your library and learn what it takes to increase
libraries' presence on the open web with the
full-day preconferences "Building Successful
Digital Programs at Small Institutions" and
"Cataloging and Metadata for the Web: Meeting the User Where They Are."
Designed to assist smaller institutions with
limited resources, "Building Successful Digital
Programs at Small Institutions" will help you
begin or reinvigorate a digitization program
that will endure. The four presentations in
this program will focus on each step in the
digital lifecycle, including selection, metadata
creation, access, and digital preservation. At-

Nikki Giovanni to Speak at Cultural
Communities Fund Benefit

enowned poet, acis University Distinguished
tivist and educator
Professor/English at Virginia
Nikki Giovanni will
Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia,
headline a special reception
and continues to read her
to benefit the American Liwork across the country.
brary Association Cultural
After seven years in the
Communities Fund (CCF)
making, the innovative
at the 2017 ALA Annual
American Writers Museum
Conference & Exhibition.
(slated to open in May 2017)
The event, "An Evening
will engage the public in
with Nikki Giovanni at the
celebrating American writers
American Writers Museum,"
by examining their influence
will be held from 7:00 -
on our history, identity and
10:00 p.m. on Friday, June Nikki Giovanni
culture. With insight from
23, at the new American Writers Museum, museum docents, reception attendees will
180 N. Michigan Ave., in downtown Chi- be invited to peruse the museum's interactive
cago.
exhibits, covering themes such as American
"Nikki Giovanni is one of the extraor- Voices, Anatomy of a Masterwork, and Chidinary poetic voices of our time and a truly cago Writers: Visionaries and Troublemakers.
steadfast supporter of libraries," said ALA Visitors will accompany writers like Jack
President Julie Todaro. "We are honored that Kerouac and John Steinbeck on their literary
she will join us in a celebration of library travels and visit writers' homes and fictional
cultural programming at the newly opened sites such as Cannery Row and The House of
American Writers Museum, a thrilling addi- Seven Gables.
tion to Chicago's vibrant literary landscape."
Since 2003, ALA's Cultural Communities
Tickets are $75 for ALA members and Fund has supported humanities, civic and
$90 for nonmembers. All proceeds will sup- STEM programming in libraries of all types.
port ALA's Cultural Communities Fund. With help from individual and corporate
Attendees must be registered to attend the donors, CCF has grown into an endowment
conference; tickets for the reception may be of $1.9 million, crucial funding that supports
added to your purchase when registering for professional development opportunities, both
the conference online. For registration ques- in-person and online, for library professionals
tions, contact ALA's Public Programs Office at libraries of all types; grants and awards that
at publicprograms@ala.org.
recognize excellence in library programming;
Poet, activist, mother, and professor, and ProgrammingLibrarian.org, ALA's online
Giovanni is the acclaimed, award-winning community dedicated to library programs.
author of 27 books, including the seminal To learn more about CCF or to contribute,
Black Feeling Black Talk/Black Judgment. She visit www.ala.org/CCF.

tendees will walk away with the resources and
know-how to help them develop and maintain
a local digital collections program.
In "Cataloging and Metadata for the Web:
Meeting the User Where They Are," a panel
of librarians will share their first-hand experiences implementing the concepts and ideas
discussed in the Library Technology Report
"Improving Web Visibility: Into the Hands
of Readers." Intended for professional and
paraprofessional cataloging and metadata staff
at academic, public, and specialty libraries,

this preconference explores ways in which
one can expose library services and content
on the open web, meeting library users where
they are.
Registration rates for these in-person
preconference events are $219 for ALCTS
members; $269 for ALA for members; and
$319 for non-members.
To learn more and register for these preconference events, and view other ALCTS
programming at ALA Annual 2017, visit
www.ala.org/alcts/events/ac/2017/programs.

The lights of Chicago's "Magnificent Mile" glow at dusk. Learn more
about the city's attractions, architecture and events. (Photo: © City of Chicago)

Youth, Technology, Science Fiction and Fantasy

oin the LITA Imagineering Interest
group on Saturday June 24, 2017,
1:00 - 2:30 pm with 4 notable authors
to explore the topic: Generation Gap: Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors Look at
Youth and Technology
This year's line-up is slated to include:
*
Cory Doctorow
*
Annalee Newitz
*
V.E. Schwab
*
Susan Dennard
Librarians face the challenge of adapting
services and technologies to new generations of users. Each new group expects that
their attitudes and beliefs about technology,

privacy, and a host of other issues will be
served. How can these desires of tomorrow
reconcile with the technology of today.
Science fiction and Fantasy literature have
often served as a method for examining
these generational expectations, viewing
them as resulting in anything from peaceful co-existence and fraught conflict. Join
LITA, the Imagineering Interest Group, and
Tor Books as a panel of Science Fiction and
Fantasy authors discuss how their work can
help explain and bridge these generational
gaps, as well as what it takes for a literary
work to gain crossover appeal for both
youth and adults.

United for Libraries to Present
Free 'Nuts & Bolts for Trustees,
Friends and Foundations'

nited for Libraries will present
"Nuts & Bolts for Trustees, Friends
and Foundations" from 9:30 a.m.
- 4:00 p.m. on Friday, June 23.
Library Trustees, Friends groups, Foundations, and staff are invited to join a free
day of information and resource sharing,
roundtable discussions, and learning opportunities focused on the theme of board
development. Speakers include Peter
Pearson, former president of the Friends of
the Saint Paul (Minn.) Public Library and
principal consultant for Library Strategies,
and Libby Post, president and strategist-inchief, Communication Services.
The featured author will be Amy E.
Reichert (The Simplicity of Cider, Simon
& Schuster). Reichert, author of The Co-

incidence of Coconut Cake and Luck, Love
& Lemon Pie, loves to write stories that
end well with characters you would invite
to dinner. A wife, mom, amateur chef,
Fix-It Mistress, and cider enthusiast, she
earned her MA in English Literature
and serves on her local library's board
of directors.
Additional speakers will be announced
at www.ala.org/united/annual. While there
is no cost to attend Nuts & Bolts, we ask
that you RSVP at www.ala.org/united/
rsvp. Please note that all Nuts & Bolts attendees must also be registered with ALA
for a free exhibits only pass or as an Annual
Conference & Exhibition attendee. Please
email united@ala.org or call us at (312)
280-2161 with any questions.

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