IFC Media Guidance Handout
Category: NELA Archive
Jul
29
BLOG
Jul
22
Thank you for joining us for the July IFC Meet-Up: Materials Challenges - Talking to the Press and Public with Sam Lee, Chair of CLA's Intellectual Freedom Committee, Ellen Paul, Executive Director of CLC, and Kate Byroade, Library Director at Cragin Memorial Library in Colchester.
If you missed the live NELA meet-up, join Sam, Ellen, and Kate on July 26th through CLA's FREE virtual event. Please click HERE to register for the CLA event.
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May
23
We’re looking for volunteers for the 2022-2023 New England Technical Services Librarians (NETSL) Executive Board. We have a number of open positions and want YOU to join us.
If you’re enthusiastic about innovations in technical services, interested in contributing to regional technical services programming, or want to shape the direction of NETSL as an organization, consider running for a position:
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May
11
Thank you for joining us for the May Meet-Up. If you missed the live meet-up, or you would like to rewatch the recording, please see below.
Mar
09
Thank you for joining us for the March conversations. Please enjoy these materials from CLA Intellectual Freedom Chair, Samantha Lee.
Jan
21
Chocolate for a good cause, what could be sweeter? Valentine's Day is coming, and if chocolates are on the menu, consider purchasing from See's Candies and supporting NELA with your purchase. Show some love to the special people in your life (partners, friends, staff, colleagues!) NELA will receive up to 50% of of each item sold!
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Jan
04
Deadline extended to January 14, 2022
All US public library directors are invited to complete this new survey to help us better understand public library staff roles, hiring and retention practices, and equity, diversity, and inclusion work. The survey was developed by PLA's Measurement, Evaluation, and Assessment Committee in response to field-wide discussions and demand for actionable data about evolving staff roles and diversity and inclusion staffing efforts.
Five reasons why your library should complete the survey:
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Dec
01
NELA stands with ALA in opposing the recent increase in widespread efforts to censor books in U.S. schools and libraries. Please click HERE for the full ALA statement.
Aug
31
Jen Alvino (Director, Windham Public Library, ME)
Edward Garcia (Director, Cranston Public Library, RI)
Jen Alvino
By the time Jen graduated with an MS in Library and Information Services in 2008 from Simmons College, she had already dedicated many years to working in public libraries. She began her career in 1994 as a Page at the Portland Public Library. Since then, she has held a variety of positions, from office assistant, substitute, and Lending Services and Systems Coordinator in Portland, to Technology Coordinator, Head of Lending Services, and Interim Assistant Director at the Walker Memorial Library, before becoming the Director of the Windham Public Library in 2013.
Jen’s influence as a librarian extends well beyond her service area. She has made significant contributions to the Maine Library Association as a longtime active member, recently serving as the Association President from 2019-2021. MLA named her Outstanding Librarian of the year in 2014. Jen has also been active in the American Library Association for many years, was the ALA Maine Chapter Councilor from 2014-2017, and has been active on many committees.
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Jul
13
We are pleased to announce the attendees who have been selected for our first Emerging Leaders Virtual Cohort!
Thank you to our amazing sponsors Media Flex & Assabet Interactive! Without their support, events like these wouldn't be possible!
| Name | State |
| Martha Boksenbaum | RI |
| Taylor Cardillo | RI |
| Amy Dziewit | MA |
| Jessica Elias | MA |
| Justine Fafara | NH |
| Sarah Frost | NH |
| Miguel Garcia III | CT |
| Leigh Ann Hamel | NH |
| Susan Harmon | NH |
| Bethany Jarret | MA |
| Ann Kardos | MA |
| Sara Kelso | MA |
| Michael Long | MA |
| Samantha Lucius | NH |
| Amy McMullen | VT |
| Maisam Nouh | CT |
| Azra Palo | NH |
| Elise Petrarca | RI |
| Alessandra Petrino | CT |
| Loren Polk | VT |
| Lauren Rettig | ME |
| Melissa Small | ME |
| Deborah Smith | CT |
| Megan Smith | ME |
| Sean Smith | MA |
| Rachel Statham | ME |
| Mireille Sturmann | RI |
| Alyssa Taft | RI |
| Molly Virello | CT |
| Katherine Webber | ME |
| Sarah Camille Wilson | VT |
Jan
07
NELA's Statement on the January 6th Capital Violence
The New England Library Association strongly condemns the storming and violent occupation of Washington DC’s Capitol by rioters. This is an affront to the ideals of democracy that are at the heart of librarianship, fueled by white supremacy and the incendiary remarks, conspiracy theories, and lies of a select group of powerful politicians.
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Jun
15
The New England Library Association (NELA) stands in solidarity with the Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA) in condemning violence and racism toward black people, indigenous people, and all people of color, and has endorsed BCALA’s statement condemning increased violence and racism towards Black Americans and people of color. NELA also supports the right of citizens to peacefully protest white supremacy, police brutality, and institutionalized racism.
NELA has also endorsed APALA’s statement hat condemns the rise in xenophobia and racism due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, and has signed the pledge to combat the rise of xenophobia and racism against Asians and Asian/Pacific Americans due to COVID-19.
Let us all stand together, build coalitions, and be each other’s accomplices in the struggle to end internal, interpersonal, and systematic forms of racism and all other forms of oppression.NELA urges its members to support both the BCALA’s condemnation of the systemic and systematic social injustices endured by black people and people of color, and to take the APALA’s pledge against xenophobia. Racism, in all its forms, destroys our communities. We must all proactively work on eradicating racism anywhere and everywhere it exists.
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Jun
01
Fay Zipkowitz
NELA is pleased to announce Fay Zipkowitz as the 2019 Emerson Greenaway Award recipient. Fay’s distinguished’s career as a dedicated New England librarian began in 1966 and has included technical services, reference work, administration, and library science education. She has, rightly, been described by her colleagues as a true Renaissance librarian.
Right out of library school, Fay worked as a Readers Advisor at the Cleveland Public Library, followed by a position as an archivist at the Temple, on the campus of Case Western Reserve. She then moved to New England, where she worked for 11 years at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in a variety of positions, including Head of Information Processing, Acting Head of Government Documents, and Assistant to the University Librarian. During this time she also earned a Master’s degree in English at the university and worked on a doctorate in library science at Simmons College, which she received in 1977. Fay then left UMass Amherst to become Director of the Worcester Consortium of Academic Libraries, followed by 5 years as Head of the Rhode Island Department of Library Services, where she also served as a member of the Governor’s cabinet.
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Mar
23
The New England Library Association fully supports each state library association’s statements on COVID-19 as they relate to their state’s library institutions.
NELA continues to recommend the full closure of all public, academic, and school libraries until it is safe and advisable to reopen.