Sustainability in Libraries
Friday, November 1, 2019Members $50. Non-members $65.
Registration can be paid with a credit card or check. If paying by check, make it payable to NHLAand send to Lisa Jose, NHLA Membership Chair, Manchester City Library, 405 Pine St., Manchester, NH 03104 (van stop: Manchester City Library).
Register soon, but before October 18, 2019. Please refer to the NHLA Cancellation Policy.
Carpooling is strongly encouraged. Everyone who travels with 2 or more people will get a carpool raffle ticket. Stay Green! Bring your own water bottle and name tag and receive a raffle ticket for each.
9:00 Registration and light continental breakfast
9:30 Awards and Recognitions
10:00 Keynote speaker: Rebekkah Smith Aldrich: Sustainable Thinking for the Future of Libraries
Rebekkah Smith Aldrich (MLS, LEED AP) is the Executive Director of the Mid-Hudson Library System. Rebekkah currently serves as the co-chair of the American Library Association’s (ALA) Special Task Force on Sustainability, as an advisory board member for the ALA Center for the Future of Libraries, and is the co-founder of both the ALA Sustainability Round Table and the New York Library Association’s Sustainability Initiative. A frequent international speaker on the topic of libraries and sustainability, Rebekkah is the author of Sustainable Thinking: Ensuring Your Library’s Future in an Uncertain World and Resilience, part of the Library Futures Series from ALA Editions. Learn more about Rebekkah at http://SustainableLibraries.org
11:00 Interactive Workshop with Rebekkah Smith Aldrich. What does sustainable thinking look like in our libraries?
Sustainability is now a core value of the profession but what does that actually mean? Get in on the ground floor of one of the most important issues facing our local and global communities. From getting a better understanding of basic concepts such as “sustainable thinking” and the “triple bottom line” of sustainability to practical, applicable ideas you can implement as soon as you get back to your library, this session will help prepare you to become a leader on the topic of sustainability in your library and for your community. If not you, then who?
12:30 Lunch
1:30 Annual Business Meeting
2:00 Cara Wry, Director of Constituent Services, Office of U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen: What to know about communicating with the Senator’s office. How can they help libraries?
3:00 Nicole McKenzie, US Census Partnership Specialist Is Your Library Ready for 2020?
3:30 Raffles and Wrap-Up