WLA 2013
Program
Thursday October 24, 2013
In Librarianship, Women Hold Up Half the Sky
KI Breakout Center - Room 7
Barbara J. Ford, Director of the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs and Mortenson Distinguished Professor at the Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
In the U.S., librarianship is still predominately a female profession. Despite significant gains, it is often true that the larger the library, the more likely the director will be a male. Is this the case in other countries? What is librarianship like and what is the status of women in librarianship around the world? What are librarians doing internationally to address gender disparity issues?
Powerpoint of Session: Women.pptx
WLA Booth
Wednesday November 2-Thursday November 3, 2011
If you can staff our booth at the conference please enter your name on our schedule. Contact Nancy McClements with questions.
Special event: Lunch for Marge Loch-Wouters
Thursday, November 4, 2010
12:30 pm
Did you know that our very own Marge Loch-Wouters is the Wisconsin Library Association's Demco Librarian of the Year??? Let's hear some huzzahs!!! To honor Marge, we would like to take her to lunch during the WLA Conference, which is in the Dells this year. Please join us on Thursday, Nov 4, at 12:30 pm at the Cheese Factory (no, not the Cheesecake Factory!) It's a vegetarian restaurant at 521 Wisconsin Dells Parkway S., Wisconsin Dells. More info: http://www.cookingvegetarian.com/index.php
This is not an official conference event, you do not have to be registered to attend. Please rsvp to nmcclements@library.wisc.edu if you will be joining us. And congrats again, Marge!!
Attending so far: Marge, Nancy, Mary, Kathryn, Cheryl, Jane P, Jane B, Kirsten, Joyce, Shirley May (tentative), ...
2010 Program
Joyce Latham: “Circuit Rider”: Julia Wright Merrill and Public Library Extension, 1926 – 1944
Friday, November 5, 2010
10:45 am - Noon
Kalahari Waterpark Resort & Conference Center, Wisconsin Dells
Julia Wright Merrill was the first advocate for public library “extension” services within the American Library Association, from 1925 – 1945, where she provided the foundation for what is now the Public Library Association. A graduate of the University of Illinois bachelors library program, she worked as a public librarian in Wisconsin for the Commission and in Ohio, her home state, before moving to ALA. She had a reputation as a quiet but committed advocate for libraries, was well-liked and well respected, but consistently overshadowed by Carl Milam, the executive secretary of the association. Given the financial limitations on the ALA during this time, she often functioned as his number two, serving as the Acting Executive Secretary while he was away. However, the lists of great women in librarianship fail to include her and her listing in the Dictionary of American Library Biography is minimal. Merrill did leave behind an extremely detailed and extensive record of library development in the twenties and thirties, housed in the American Library Association Archives, and her coordination of ourtreach services provide significant clues to the ideological influences on the development of public libraries in North America. It also documents the incredible energy and commitment she brought to the profession.
Wednesday-Thursday, November 3-4, 2010
2008 Program
From Queer to Gay and Back Again:
Young Adult Books with Gay/Lesbian/Queer Content, 1969-2008
10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Milwaukee Room
Christine Jenkins, Associate Professor, Director of the Center for Children's Books, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The first young adult novel with gay/lesbian content was published in 1969 In the nearly 40 years since then, approximately 250 YA titles with LGBTQ (lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgendered/queer/questioning) content have appeared in the U.S. This presentation introduces and examines the books that comprise this body of literature from the 1970s to the present. Elements of character, plot, setting, gender, race, and class all contribute to a portrait of this increasingly complex subgenre over time.
After the program join WWLW members for lunch at a local restaurant.
2007 Program
Kitchen...Stitchin': Places for Women to Express Self and Community
Traci Kelly, PhD, Technical Communication, Department of Engineering Professional Development (EDP), UW-Madison
Whether for pleasure or out of duty, women often cook or sew for their families. For many years in the US and around the world, women were expected to be the center of homemaking duties. For most of us, that has changed; we are no longer expected to work “only” in the home. For many years, women were expected to toil daily in these realms, with little time or opportunity to carve out any means of creative self-expression. However, we know that every human needs creative expression, and that's where quilts and cooking come into play. We will look at examples of how recipes, community cookbooks, quilts, and other marginalized media provided women the opportunity for creativity, memoir, history, and storytelling. If you'd like, please bring a community cookbook, a church cookbook, quilts (or a picture of one) or recipes that document stories, trends, family life. Traci will also bring plenty of examples of cookbooks and recipes to pass around!
Updated September 16, 2008
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