Hard to believe that women in the United States have had the right to vote for less than 100 years, isn’t it? But it’s true: on August 26th, 1920, passage of the 19th amendment granted women the vote. It only took 72 years, if you count from the Seneca convention of 1848. Ladies, celebrate the 90th year of making your voice heard by voting, Chicago-style, early and often.*
Yesterday I gave a talk at the Brooklyn Public Library for library staff who have been served with conditional layoffs.
As often happens when using technology while giving a speech, I encountered technical difficulties. Anyone who is curious can access my PowerPoint presentation below, which is much more organized than the impromptu talk I actually gave!
Don’t forget to check the list of resources, too! Remember that these are sources I found particularly helpful, not a comprehensive list.
Earlier this summer, knowing I would be diving head 
first into the freelance lifestyle and looking to get a handle on grocery expenses, I convinced my husband to sign up for a local CSA program.
For the uninitiated, CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. You purchase a share of a farmer’s crop at the beginning of the season, and get a portion of the produce raised on the farm. The upside is that you get a lot of great produce for the money. The downside is that you don’t get a choice in what you receive, so if you hate collard greens, you’re kinda stuck.
Happily, there aren’t too many vegetables my husband and I don’t like. So far we’ve been really happy with our crop, which I pick up every Tuesday from a local park.
I am back! Actually, I have *been* back since Tuesday, but had a great deal of catching up to do.
The ALA 2010 Annual Conference was about as huge and overwhelming as I had expected it to be. I’m sure I missed more than I saw, but that’s the nature of the beast.
The biggest highlight for me was covering a couple of panels for Library Journal. Clips are posted on my portfolio page. I really enjoyed my experience as a neophyte journalist and am very grateful to my wonderful editor at LJ, Norman Oder.
In other news, on July 13 I will be speaking on a panel for soon-to-be-laid-off Brooklyn Public Library employees. Though the budget cuts that were enacted are not nearly as bad initially opposed, it is still a tremendously difficult environment in which to lose one’s job, as Friday’s jobs numbers show. Continue reading
I am going to be intermittently online for the next few days, attending the American Libraries Association conference in Washington, D.C. This is the big, bad powerhouse conference of the library field, I have a couple of assignments and committee meetings I will be attending to while I’m here, and hopefully writing a few updates in the process. Pictures to come!
In the meantime, I may not be on email as frequently for the next few days, so don’t despair if I don’t get back to you immediately. I’ll be in touch as soon as I can.
