Date: October 25th, 2017
Time: 12:00pm
Place: SLAIS Lounge
Members Present: Claire Williams, Kellen Malek, Lara Maestro
Last Meeting: September 21st, 2017
Minutes Approved: Yes
YAACSALA Scavenger Hunt
- Google Docs with YAACS for scavenger hunt planning
- Must make clues for Scavenger Hunt (3-5 per library, 5-7 for Education Library)
- Will contribute money for prizes
- Will have another meeting with YAACS to plan
Scholarships
- Will send out details with newsletter
Staff Advisor
- Check in with Lucas to see if he has talked to Richard Arias-Hernandez to take over staff advisor position from Aaron
Trip to University of Washington ALA
- December sometime
- Rent a car
ALA Socials
- ALA Retreat? (Perhaps to Bowen?) – perhaps for Reading Week
- Stress-busting colouring event
- February – University of Western Washington – Children’s Literature Conference
- Storytelling Night (with YAACS?)
- Rent a legion
Interesting links to send out with Newsletter
- ALA Midwinter (Denver) – http://2018.alamidwinter.org/
- ALA Annual (New Orleans) – http://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/ala-upcoming-annual-conferences-midwinter-meetings
- http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/10/tackling-fake-news-american-libraries-live-webcast
- http://publiclibrariesonline.org/2017/10/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-prison-librarian/
- https://today.yougov.com/news/2017/10/23/politics-play-when-banning-books/
- https://bookriot.com/2017/10/24/sexual-harassment-library/
Goals
- Have two more meetings and one social before end of term
Next Meeting
- November 8th, 12-1pm