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PROGRAMS AND EVENTS:
PLA Webinar: Disability Inclusion in Library Services - October 17*
Community Preservation Day - October 21*
Library Journal Day of Dialog - October 26*
Maryland State Archives' November Lunch and Learn - November 9*
Tech Connect Registration Now Open!
RESOURCES, PUBLICATIONS AND NEWS:
Enoch Pratt Free Library's (EPFL) M’Balu Bangura Honored as One of the Baltimore Sun’s 25 Women to Watch
Reminder of Topics in the Previous Digest
PLA Webinar: Disability Inclusion in Library Services - October 17*
Tuesday, October 17; 2 - 3 p.m.
To best serve patrons with disabilities, we need to understand their community, culture, and needs. In this webinar, we will explore disability experiences, how to provide safe and inclusive spaces, and how to serve patrons through programming and collections. Although the examples will be youth focused, they can be adapted for any age.
At the conclusion of this webinar, participants will be able to:
• Evaluate books about disabled characters for good or harmful representation;
• Understand how to structure programs to set patrons up for success; and
• Dispel at least two harmful myths that keep people with disabilities out of community spaces.
Learn more and register here.
Community Preservation Day - October 21*
Saturday, October 21; 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
The Maryland State Archives is excited to announce that we will be hosting our second Community Preservation Day on Saturday, October 21st from 10:00am to 2:00pm in Windsor Mill, MD. We invite members of the local community to preserve their documents, photos, and letters through digital imaging.
Archivists will work with community members to describe and scan their items, so that they may take home their original materials in free archival storage containers and receive the resulting digital copies as well. We ask that the participants also share digital copies of their items with the Archives in order to collaboratively create a permanent electronic collection that allows everyone to see themselves in the Archives. The Archives will include these images in a publicly-accessible digital series within its Special Collections to document and share community history.
Pre-registration is required.
Please note the location of this in-person event is at our off-site facility at 2255 Rolling Run Dr., Windsor Mill, MD 21244 and not our main headquarters in Annapolis.
Learn more and register here.
Library Journal Day of Dialog - October 26*
Thursday, October 26; 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
For more than two decades, Library Journal’s Day of Dialog has been the most anticipated librarian-only gathering of the year. Now it’s gone digital and is free to attend! The next all-day event is scheduled for October 26 and will feature a close-up look at the biggest forthcoming books for winter/spring 2024. Once again, you will hear from top authors in genre fiction, literary fiction, and nonfiction and learn about the latest titles and trends. And you still get to dialog by visiting virtual booths, talking with authors, and networking with colleagues.
Check out the Full Program!
All live sessions will be on Zoom. Make sure to log in to your work or personal Zoom account before the day starts to avoid having to log in for each session.
Maryland State Archives' November Lunch and Learn - November 9*
Thursday, November 9; 1 - 2 p.m.
Join former Maryland State Archivist, Dr. Edward C. Papenfuse, as he shares his research on the under-appreciated and unknown washerwomen of Baltimore during the period of 1800 to 1864 and explores what the archival sources reveal.
Learn more and register here.
Tech Connect Registration Now Open!
Registration is now open for MD Tech Connect 2023, happening Tuesday, December 5 at the Universities at Shady Grove: https://mdtechconnect.org/registration. We have an exciting day planned - find details here: https://mdtechconnect.org/schedule.
This event is free, but please do not register unless you will attend, as space is limited. The deadline to register is November 17. Register early as the event may fill quickly! Staff from public, academic, school, and special libraries, as well as MLS/MLIS students are invited.
Questions? Contact us at event@mdtechconnect.org.
NOTE: If you need deaf interpreter services or other special accommodations, please contact Nini Beegan, nini.beegan@maryland.gov, before Tuesday, October 24.
Enoch Pratt Free Library's (EPFL) M’Balu Bangura Honored as One of the Baltimore Sun’s 25 Women to Watch
Congratulations to M'Balu Bangura, EPFL's Chief of Equity and Fair Practices, on being named as one of the Baltimore Sun's "25 Women to Watch". This article (behind a pay wall) details this achievement.
- WebJunction Webinar: Revitalizing Morale: Cultivating a Supportive Library Culture - October 11*
- Lunch & Learn: Black Lives in Focus: African American Faces from Early Maryland - October 12*
- Maryland Library Association (MLA) Maryland Public Library Managers' Academy - October 17 and Beyond*
- Children's Services Division Presents: Storytime Bootcamp - October 23*
- Enoch Pratt Free Library (EPFL) & State Library Resource Center’s (SLRC) Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Conference - October 23 & 24*
- WebJunction Webinar: Building Community Relationships for Better Library Services - October 24*
- Participate in the Online RJ@PL Strategic Planning Workshop on the Topic of Racial Justice and Farming/Agriculture - October 26*
- Free Webinar on the Newly Revised Interlibrary Loan Code for the United States - November 2*
- Maryland Library Association’s Intellectual Freedom Panel Presents: A Clear And Present Tension: Intellectual Freedom And Safe Spaces - November 6*
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Library Journal (LJ) Librarian of the Year 2024: Nomination Period is OPEN - November 6*
- Maryland Library Association Annual Award Nominations close November 10*
- WebJunction Webinar: Let’s Talk Race: Community Healing through Conversation - November 14*
- Enoch Pratt Free Library (EPFL) Named Library Journal's (LJ) Marketer of the Year
- Abell Foundation Digital Inclusion Map
- Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) partners with the University of Chicago Library to expand The Banned Book Club
- Maryland Library Association (MLA) October Happenings Newsletter
- Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA) October 2023 Digest
- United for Libraries October Digest
- National Study on Library Card Access
- WebJunction Resources
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