Her presentation was the best part of the ALA conference. I was very disappointed with the speakers, their messages, and the format. I found it very hard to figure out how to attend sessions. The "on demand" sessions were not on demand. When I attended in person it was exciting. What did you think of the conference?
On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 5:56 PM Sukenic, Harvey via Hasafran < hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > Heidi did a great job arguing for the multi-cultural content of Jewish > literature. She also did a great job of highlighting the AJL, the AJL > website and its resources, other Jewish resources, as well as her own blog. > > > Harvey > > > [image: 1585833722787] > > *Harvey Sukenic* > Library Director > > 617.559.8757 telephone > 617.559.8751 fax > > 617.559.8750 library main desk > > hsuke...@hebrewcollege.edu > www.hebrewcollege.edu > > *Rae & Joseph Gann Library* > > Hebrew College > 160 Herrick Road > Newton Centre, MA 02459 > > Join Us on Facebook > <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hebrew-College/233064135330> | Follow Us > on Twitter <https://twitter.com/#!/hebrewcollege> > > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Hasafran <hasafran-boun...@lists.osu.edu> on behalf of Elliot H. > Gertel via Hasafran <hasafran@lists.osu.edu> > *Sent:* Friday, June 26, 2020 7:50:39 PM > *To:* Emily Bergman; Heidi Rabinowitz > *Cc:* Hasafran > *Subject:* Re: [ha-Safran] Heidi Rabinowitz presents at ALA Annual > > I totally agree with you, Emily, and really appreciate all the effort that > you put into getting Heidi, and thus AJL, onto the ALA Ethnic and > Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table session, “EMIERT Chair’s > Program Promoting Multicultural Library Services in Virtual Spaces,” which > took place this morning at ALA Virtual. > > All three participants, Heidi; K.C. Boyd, Library Media Specialist at > Jefferson Academy in the Washington, DC Public School system; and Andrea > Jamison, Librarian and Lecturer at Valparaiso University (Indiana) and > Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect of EMIERT, articulated their jobs, patron base, > collections, charges, and challenges really well. While representing > “just” two ethnic communities (on the surface), Jewish and > African-American, they demonstrated the diversity and multiculturalism of > both and how meaningful their work and the resources that they highlighted > are. What they do is beneficial to all of their users, internal and > external. Andrea, while serving as the moderator, contributed much to the > discussion, not only with her questions but contributions to the > conversation. A really good session. > > And Heidi proved once again why she is not only a Jewish kidlit meyven, > but so knowledgeable way beyond her “bailiwick!” > > Great job! *Yasher-koyekh* and *kol ha-kavod* on your fabulous > presentation, Heidi, and Emily for making sure it happened! > > See you all next week! > > Elliot > > ================================================ > Elliot H. Gertel *עלע־הערש גערטל / אליהו־צבי גרטל* > AJL-ALA Liaison > Member, ALA EMIERT Jewish Information Committee, 2020-22 > Chair, 2020 AJL Fanny Goldstein Merit Award Committee > Irving M. Hermelin Curator Emeritus of Judaica > The University of Michigan > Ann Arbor, Michigan > eger...@umich.edu > > > On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 3:22 PM Emily Bergman via Hasafran < > hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > >> I just watched Heidi present with K.C. Boyd at the EMIERT Chair's Program >> Promoting Multicultural Library Services in Virtual Spaces at the ALA >> digital conference. It was a great presentation, and the comments in the >> Q&A space were very positive. EMIERT is planning to make the >> presentation available on their website, so I will send the link so >> everyone can see it. >> >> How did this happen? I pushed to be on the EMIERT Program Committee. >> The Chair's Program was already set and was to be a very theoretical >> program about ethnic materials. When everything changed, the in-person >> program wouldn't work online, and the committee had to come up with a new >> program quickly, I suggested Heidi to join a DC school librarian to talk >> about this topic, and we are so lucky she agreed. >> >> I can't tell you how happy I am with how the program turned out. It >> really brought out the diversity of materials to have speakers from such >> different backgrounds. >> >> Thank you, Heidi, for stepping up and preparing for this program on short >> notice that will reach a broad audience. 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